UN 'encouraged' by Iranian talks
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Kofi Annan urges a negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear issue, but the US calls for UN sanctions.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Thursday that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki   had told him Tehran was seriously considering an offer of   incentives aimed at defusing a row over its nuclear program.
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Iran notified the UN nuclear watchdog in writing yesterday that it would suspend uranium enrichment and related activities to dispel suspicions that it was trying to build nuclear arms.
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Iran expects the United Nations to hold off on new sanctions while Tehran pursues new talks with the UN atomic agency about its disputed nuclear work, a senior Iranian official said Friday.
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Buoyed by growing European support, the United States lobbied the UN atomic watchdog agency Monday to send Iran before the UN Security Council for refusing to freeze work that can produce nuclear weapons.
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan meets   Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday after a U.N.   official said Tehran would cooperate on a truce between Israel   and the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hizbollah.
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Iran voiced optimism on Sunday about negotiations with the European Union on its nuclear program and a possible trade deal and said there was no need to involve Washington in the talks right now.
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Major powers said on Friday they had "serious and constructive" talks about new U.N. Security Council sanctions aimed at trying to force Iran to halt its uranium enrichment activities.
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Iran said Thursday that talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog on investigating traces of weapons-grade uranium found at a Tehran university were constructive, state media reported.
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There has been a breakthrough reported in talks in Paris between representatives from Iran and three European nations concerning Iran&#39;s nuclear program.
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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator has expressed optimism after two days of talks with the European Union, saying he was hopeful of a positive result if discussions continued in the same vein.
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Tehran is confident of reaching a  negotiated settlement over its nuclear program, a senior  Iranian diplomat said in Tokyo on Thursday, as the United  Nations nuclear watchdog seemed set to report that Iran had  defied a deadline to halt atomic fuel work.
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Two days of talks between Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog on an Iranian offer of more nuclear transparency made progress and discussions will continue in the next few weeks, both sides said on Thursday.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran wants to take part in a meeting of the U.N. Security Council to brief member states about Iranâs nuclear program, a government spokesman said.
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NEW YORK -- Iran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment has sabotaged talks meant to defuse the standoff over its nuclear program, opening the way for the UN Security Council to start considering sanctions next week, senior UN diplomats said yesterday.
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Tehran is confident of reaching a   negotiated settlement over its nuclear program, a senior   Iranian diplomat said in Tokyo on Thursday, as the United   Nations nuclear watchdog seemed set to report that Iran had   defied a deadline to halt atomic fuel work.
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The United States accused Iran in talks on Tuesday of increasing support for militias involved in bloodshed in Iraq but, in a rare sign of cooperation, agreed with Tehran to set up a panel to improve security.