IAEA urges Iran compromise to avert conflict
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The chief U.N. nuclear monitor urged Iran on Thursday to stop expanding uranium enrichment to ease a standoff with world powers, who have demanded Tehran shut down the program entirely.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan held   talks in Iran on Saturday to seek help in shoring up a   Hizbollah-Israel ceasefire and to discuss Tehran's nuclear   standoff with the West.
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World powers said they would have to overcome key differences on Tuesday to agree on a new sanctions resolution against Iran that aims to ratchet up pressure on Tehran to curb sensitive nuclear work.
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WASHINGTON - Mohamed ElBaradei, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, urged the Bush administration yesterday to soften its statements about Iran while maintaining diplomatic pressure to halt the nuclear enrichment that could lead to the production of a nuclear weapon.
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The United States and Europe urged Iran on Thursday to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding its nuclear activities and freeze uranium enrichment, with Washington warning that continued defiance could result in tough measures by the U.N. Security Council.
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"This will not bear fruit and will mostly work against them and we will continue our constructive cooperation with the (International Atomic Energy) agency"  The U.N. Security Council's five permanent members and Germany are expected to agree Tuesday on a new resolution to pressure Iran over its nuclear program, a French diplomat said.The senior diplomat, who briefed reporters Monday on condition that he not be identified by name, said an agreement was very close and should be finalized by the six nation's foreign ministers at a meeting in Berlin, Germany.Analysts and the meeting's German host were more cautious about what the talks could produce. Momentum for a third resolution has slowed since a U.S. intelligence assessment last month indicated Tehran had stopped active work on a nuclear weapons program in 2003. Read more
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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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France, Germany and Great Britain on Friday held meeting with Iran in Paris, seeking for compromise over Tehran&#39;s nuclear program to avoid bringing the matter before the UN Security Council.
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Iran wants a negotiated solution to its nuclear standoff with world powers but this must recognize an Iranian right to a peaceful nuclear programme, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday.
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A senior US official says Iran should comply with a resolution passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency and freeze all uranium-enrichment activities.
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VIENNA, Austria - The U.N. atomic watchdog agency demanded Iran suspend all uranium enrichment activities and set a November timetable for compliance in a vote Saturday that U.S...
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The United States and five other major powers agreed yesterday on a new draft U.N. resolution on Iran, but the compromise incorporates weakened language that calls only for "vigilance" or "monitoring" of financial and military institutions without most of the tough economic sanctions sought by the...
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Tehran hoped to reach a compromise at  talks on Saturday over its nuclear program with Britain,  Germany and France, which are trying to persuade it to stop  enriching uranium, an Iranian negotiator said.
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VIENNA, Austria - The United States and most other nations at a meeting of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency agreed Friday on a resolution meant to curb Iran's access to technology that could be used for nuclear weapons, and indirectly set a deadline for Tehran to meet their demands...
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The U.N. nuclear agency agreed Monday on a plan for policing Iran's nuclear programs designed to avoid a showdown at the United Nations. But Iran's representative immediately raised questions about the wording of the pact, and the United States said it retained the right to take the case to the U.N. Security Council on its own.
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The United States, the European Union and Russia urged Iran Monday to comply with the UN nuclear watchdog&#39;s demand that it halt all activities linked to uranium enrichment, after Tehran rejected the call.
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Tehran is inching closer to a compromise with French, British and German diplomats seeking to persuade it to give up its uranium enrichment program, a senior Iranian negotiator said on Friday.