Iran counters Western nuclear demands
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Iran said Sunday it would work to settle disputes over its atomic program if its case went back to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency &#151; a stance far from Western demands that it suspend uranium enrichment.
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TEHRAN  - Iran stuck by its demand that 20 centrifuges be excluded from its agreement to freeze nuclear fuel work, and complained a draft International Atomic Energy Agency resolution was &quot;not satisfactory&quot;.
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Iran vowed on Thursday never to shelve   its nuclear program, defying the threat of sanctions hours as a   U.N. deadline fell due for Tehran to stop work that the West   fears could lead to atomic bombs.
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VIENNA -- Facing fierce international pressure, Iran backed off yesterday from its demand to be allowed to continue operating some uranium enrichment equipment, salvaging a deal with the UN's atomic watchdog agency that nonproliferation officials hope would curb Tehran's alleged nuclear ambitions.
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Iran backs down on its demand to exempt some of its technology from a nuclear freeze, diplomats say.
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Iran on Sunday rejected European demands it halt its pursuit of nuclear technology but reiterated its readiness to provide assurances it would not use that technology to build atomic weapons.
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Iran rejected a European demand to stop building a heavy-water nuclear reactor that provides a simpler way of extracting weapons-grade fuel, and it warned the United States on Sunday "not to play with fire" by repeatedly threatening Tehran.
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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said on Thursday the West had failed in efforts to put pressure on the Islamic Republic over its atomic activities.
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TEHRAN -- Iran yesterday rejected a European demand to stop building a heavy-water nuclear reactor in return for a light-water reactor, hardening Iran's position on a key part of its nuclear facilities that critics say is part of a weapons program.
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TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday rejected European demand for halting uranium enrichment activities, describing a proposal put forward by Britain, France and Germany as &quot;unbalanced&quot;.
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Iran Sunday rejected European demands it abandon sensitive nuclear activities but reiterated its readiness to provide assurances that its atomic ambitions are entirely peaceful.
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Iran backed down on a demand to exempt sensitive equipment from a freeze on uranium enrichment that can make atomic weapons, in a move that should save it from possible UN sanctions, diplomats said.
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Sunday rejected demands by Europe's three major powers to abandon its uranium enrichment program but reasserted its readiness to provide guarantees it will not build a nuclear weapon.    Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Iran already has the technology required to develop nuclear fuel and would not reverse the situation...
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Iran is demanding the right to operate uranium enrichment equipment, despite its agreement with the Europeans.
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IRAN is defying the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) while engaging in an &quot;unrelenting push toward nuclear weapons capability&quot;, the US said today.
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A defiant Iran faces the threat of U.N.  Security Council sanctions after the world body's atomic  watchdog said Tehran refused to stop work on its nuclear  program by a Thursday deadline.
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Iran on Sunday rejected demands by Europe's three major powers to abandon its uranium enrichment program but reasserted its readiness to provide guarantees it will not build a nuclear weapon.