Iran dashes hopes for a breakthrough
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Iran&#039;s top nuclear negotiator said Tuesday that talks on Tehran&#039;s atomic program will be a &quot;long process,&quot; urging patience and dashing hopes of a breakthrough on the international standoff.
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Iran is ready to prove to the world it is not producing atomic weapons if the West recognizes the Islamic Republic's right to have peaceful nuclear technology, President Mohammad Khatami said Wednesday.
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In a sign of cooperation, Iran pledged to meet its deadline and suspend its uranium enrichment activities on Monday.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out even a brief halt in Iran's nuclear program, saying Thursday it would hand a victory to the country's enemies and undercut the Islamic state's goal of becoming a world power
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Iran said Thursday dialogue was the only way to resolve an international standoff over the Islamic republic's nuclear program which Washington says is a cover for building atomic weapons.
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Iran's president voiced defiance on Wednesday as world powers hoped to put the finishing touches on a draft text imposing new sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying the country would not surrender.
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Iran is sending mixed messages on enrichment, and international powers have been slow to join and push sanctions.
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Iran has said it is hopeful that a "fruitful" agreement can be reached with the European Union on Iranian nuclear activities.
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami ruled out an indefinite suspension of uranium enrichment as demanded by the European Union but he expressed his optimism that negotiations could end the nuclear standoff.
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Iran recently hinted at willingness to discuss a partial suspension of uranium enrichment, but the West stuck to its demand for a full halt and Tehran withdrew its idea for getting talks going in the dispute over its nuclear program, diplomats said Wednesday
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Iran is ready to prove to the world it  is not producing atomic weapons provided the West recognizes  the Islamic Republic's right to peaceful nuclear technology,  President Mohammad Khatami said Wednesday.
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Iran appeared yesterday to have reached a tentative deal with Britain, France and Germany that would avert the threat of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Iran's foreign minister expressed optimism yesterday that negotiations would resolve the dangerous impasse over his country's nuclear program, raising hopes that Iran might voluntarily curb uranium enrichment in exchange for economic and technological incentives.
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Iran said on Monday the idea it was   prepared to shelve uranium enrichment for a limited time had   been misunderstood by the West and that it had made no decision   yet.
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A Persian proverb says: âFrom this signpost on the road to the next, there is hope!â And it was in that spirit that the International Atomic Energy Agency decided last Saturday to give Iran until Nov.
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Iran said Monday it was optimistic ahead of crucial talks with the European Union aimed at striking a long-term accord that would ease concerns over the country&#39;s nuclear programme.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   on Friday welcomed a world power overture to defuse a standoff   over Tehran's nuclear activity as a positive step but gave no   sign when an answer would come.