Iran wants talks but won't freeze enrichment: Annan
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday Iran wanted to find a   negotiated solution to its nuclear dispute with the West but   would not freeze uranium enrichment ahead of any talks.
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Iran will not suspend its uranium enrichment work as demanded by a U.N. sanctions resolution, the country's top nuclear official said on Sunday in the latest statement of defiance from Tehran as a U.N. deadline looms.
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Iran still refuses to suspend nuclear enrichment before the start of talks on its nuclear program &#151; a key demand by the six nations locked in a diplomatic standoff with the Islamic republic, officials said Tuesday.
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FranceÂs president suggested that Iran would not have to freeze major nuclear activities until formal negotiations began.
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Top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Wednesday Iran would not halt uranium enrichment, on the eve of talks with the EU foreign policy chief over Iran&#39;s controversial nuclear programme.
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Tehran - Iranian officials said on Wednesday they will not cede to international demands for the Islamic republic to suspend its controversial uranium enrichment activities, saying they were ready for confrontation or negotiation.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants negotiations on Iran's nuclear program but won't halt uranium enrichment ahead of talks, U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Sunday after meeting with the Iranian leader. Annan's two-day visit to Tehran comes after Iran ignored a United Nations deadline to halt uranium enrichment by the end of August, opening the door to possible sanctions.
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Iran's hardline president maintained a defiant tone Saturday ahead of talks with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on the country's suspect nuclear program.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan said on Wednesday he believed Iran had shifted its   position and was now more open to suspending its nuclear   enrichment activities as part of talks on its nuclear program.
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President Ahmadinejad said today that U.N. sanctions will not deter Iran from pursuing its nuclear program.
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Iran confirmed Wednesday it was holding talks with Europe on freezing some nuclear activities but said it won't give up its plan to control the whole nuclear fuel cycle, from mining uranium to enriching it.
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Kofi Annan is to meet Iran's president and supreme leader for talks likely to cover Iran's nuclear programme.
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Iran wants talks on its nuclear program but rejects preconditions demanding it freeze the work, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, just ahead of a U.N. deadline for Tehran to back down.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said after meeting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday that he believes Tehran is taking &quot;very seriously&quot; an offer of incentives to roll back its disputed nuclear program.
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Iran's president says he wants talks on his nation's nuclear programme, but rules out pre-conditions set by the UN.
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Iran is prepared to keep uranium enrichment activities frozen as long as nuclear negotiations continue with the EU, but those talks should not last too long, Iran&#39;s chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani said Tuesday.
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Iran will not respond to incentives to halt its nuclear program before mid-July, at least two weeks past the date sought by the U.S. and its partners, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday after meeting Iran&#039;s foreign minister.