Defiant Iran says sanctions 'doomed to failure'
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Revolutionary guard says US sanctions will only strengthen its ideals.
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A senior U.S. official challenged Iran's hard-line president Thursday over his claim that Iranians are immune from further U.N. sanctions, saying such action is in the works unless Tehran meets demands to curb its nuclear program.
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LISBON -- A senior Iranian official warned yesterday that further UN sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program could derail ongoing negotiations toward a settlement. Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear envoy, me t yesterday with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana. Iran has agreed to disclose past suspicious nuclear activities if diplomatic efforts continue. Solana called the session constructive.
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Iran's president warned the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday against imposing more sanctions on Tehran, saying it was like "playing with a lion's tale" as chief negotiator met Germany's foreign minister over the atomic row.
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Iran has failed to meet a U.N. Security   Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment, six world   powers concluded on Thursday, a senior European Union diplomat   said, a decision which could pave the way to sanctions.
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Some quotes about the new sanctions against Iran announced Thursday:
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Iran will exact painful revenge on countries opposed to its nuclear program if the U.N. Security Council imposes sanctions on Tehran, the country's chief nuclear negotiator said on Friday.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has warned Iran it could face United Nations sanctions if it does not suspend its uranium enrichment program.
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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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A senior Iranian official warned Saturday that further U.N. sanctions over Tehran's contentious nuclear program could derail ongoing negotiations toward a settlement.
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The United States warned Iran on Tuesday the international community would have no choice but to impose sanctions if it did not halt sensitive atomic work.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned strongly Thursday against imposing new international sanctions on Iran, in words that appeared to be a response to newly announced U.S. measures to punish Tehran.
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The U.N. nuclear agency declared Iran   had failed to halt nuclear work by a Thursday deadline, and   Tehran defied the threat of sanctions by vowing never to   abandon a program the West fears could give it atom bombs.
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Iran's president said on Wednesday his country would not surrender to pressure as world powers prepared to put the finishing touches to new United Nations sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear ambitions.
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The European Union warned on Wednesday Iran was close to triggering sanctions by refusing to halt uranium enrichment, but Tehran again insisted it would not give up its right to produce nuclear fuel.
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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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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.