Iran Nuclear Enrichment Freeze Offer a Ploy - U.S.
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Iran said on Friday it might extend a  partial freeze on uranium enrichment in order to ease Western  fears about its nuclear ambitions, but a senior U.S. official  dismissed this as a ploy to fend off tough U.N. action.
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Iran announced yesterday that it has frozen all uranium-enrichment programs, weakening a US effort to refer its suspect nuclear activities to the UN Security Council.
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The United States is considering the idea of rewarding Iran if it abandons its nuclear ambitions, diplomats and US officials said Tuesday.
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Itâs unclear whether Iran has withdrawn its demand that some of its technology be excluded from a freeze on nuclear enrichment activities.
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Iran is asking to be allowed to renege on a commitment to freeze all uranium-enrichment activities and be allowed to operate dozens of centrifuges, according to news reports.
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The question has become more urgent as Tehran resists the International Atomic Energy Agency&#39;s demand that it suspend the enrichment of uranium, part of a process that can lead either to electricity generation or a stockpile of atomic bombs.
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The United States wants to see a   "verifiable suspension" of Iran's nuclear enrichment program so   that there can be negotiations leading to a broader agreement,   White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley said on   Monday.
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Iran may be hiding equipment from the UN nuclear watchdog agency, foiling efforts to police a freeze of all programs that Tehran could use to make nuclear weapons, diplomats said Thursday.
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US Ambassador John Bolton has said Washington was trying &quot;to go the extra mile&quot; to help the European Union convince Iran to freeze its sensitive nuclear fuel work.
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scrap enrichment for good and were likely to fuel US concerns that Iran secretly plans to produce nuclear weapons. suspend all activities which could be used to make bomb-grade material.
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WASHINGTON, USA, 13 Oct. -- The Bush administration may soften its hard line on Iran&#39;s nuclear program by offering economic incentives for the Islamic state to suspend its uranium enrichment program.
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Iranian officials have hinted in recent days that they sped up their enrichment of uranium in the past year to put Iran in a better position to negotiate with the West.
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Iran is willing to talk with the United States about a nuclear program that Washington alleges is aimed at secretly acquiring the bomb, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Monday. The White House, however, rejected the idea.
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Iran said it was freezing its controversial nuclear fuel work Monday after brokering a deal with Britain, France and Germany. The UN&#39;s atomic watchdog sees the move as easing fears the Islamic regime is seeking the bomb.
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Washington has intelligence suggesting Iran is working on the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead on a missile, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday in a claim that could increase fears about Tehran's nuclear activities.
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European carrots rather than the American stick appear to have persuaded the Iranian government to suspend a uranium enrichment program that could lead to a nuclear bomb.
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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, the government spokesman said.