West increases pressure on Iran over nuclear program
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France, Britain and Germany have toughened their stance on Iran&#39;s nuclear programme, demanding that Tehran halt all parts of the atomic fuel cycle that can
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The reported move renews concerns in the West over possible plans in Tehran to enrich uranium to build nuclear weapons
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday vowed to push ahead with Iran's nuclear program, saying the West is trying to stop it to prevent Iran from emerging as a world power.
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Britain, France and Germany are working to give Iran a last chance to avoid confrontation with the West over its nuclear program by offering incentives to curtail its most sensitive activities.
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Iran vowed on Thursday not to bow to   Western pressure, hours before a U.N. watchdog was expected to   report Tehran had defied a deadline to halt work which the West   fears could help it build nuclear bombs.
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The UN Security Council takes up the issue this week, ratcheting up pressure on Tehran.
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The United States on Wednesday reiterated its call for Iran&#39;s abolition of nuclear program, and threatened to take necessary actions against Iran if it fails to comply with its international obligations.
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The United States said on Sunday it  planned to increase pressure on Iran this week to dispel  concerns about its nuclear program, but played down the need  for immediate sanctions and expressed confidence the dispute  could be settled through diplomacy.
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Iran has increased arms shipments to both Iraq's Shiite extremists and Afghanistan's Taliban in recent weeks in an apparent attempt to pressure American and other Western troops operating in its two strategic neighbors, according to senior U.S. and European officials.
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Major world powers will meet on Friday to decide how to tackle Iran over its nuclear program, officials said, as the EU's top diplomat said the West should be open to further talks with Tehran.
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US is concerned that revenues would boost Iran's nuclear program.
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Iran's powerful intelligence ministry has stepped up its war of nerves with the west by telling the country's academics they will be suspected of spying if they maintain contact with foreign institutions or travel abroad to international conferences.
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VIENNA -- The diplomatic showdown over Iran's alleged nuclear ambitions could escalate into a confrontation that changes the political dynamic of the Middle East and further destabilizes the region, Western diplomats, officials, and analysts say.
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Iran has been seeking to exclude some uranium enrichment experiments from a nuclear freeze it agreed with three European governments this month, western diplomats said yesterday.
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Pressured by European powers, Iranian negotiators at a key UN atomic agency meeting sought approval from their government Friday for a total freeze of a program that can make nuclear-weapons grade uranium.
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Senior U.S. officials will consult allies in Europe next week on ways to intensify pressure on Iran amid efforts by Tehran to evade existing sanctions by concealing the origin of financial transactions.