Iran Official Warns of NPT Pull-Out if West Presses
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Iran will pull out of the nuclear  Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and develop its atomic program  in secret if Western nations threaten or put pressure on  Tehran, a senior Iran diplomat was quoted as saying on  Wednesday.
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Iran's supreme leader threatened Wednesday to pull out of negotiations if European countries press their demand for total suspension of uranium enrichment, as a new round of talks ended without an agreement to avert the possible threat of U.N. sanctions.
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Iran must "bear the consequences" if there is any new confrontation between U.S. and Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.
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Iran vowed defiantly on Thursday not to   bow to Western pressure, hours before a U.N. watchdog was   expected to report Tehran had failed to meet a deadline to halt   work which the West fears could help it build a nuclear bomb.
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The United States is worried about reports that Iran is using the last few days before it is to curtail nuclear activity to produce a gas that can be used to make nuclear weapons, an official said Friday.
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Iran will consider taking 'illegal' steps if further UN sanctions are imposed over nuclear programme.
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Iran faces the risk of sanctions after a   U.N. nuclear watchdog report on Thursday likely to find that   Tehran has ignored a deadline to halt an atomic fuel program   Western leaders say could lead to bombs.
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Hitting Iran now with sanctions over its   nuclear work could drive it "away from the civilized world," a   Kremlin official said on Tuesday, in a hint of strong Russian   opposition to punitive steps backed by Washington.
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Iran will not abandon its right to  nuclear technology regardless of threats of more sanctions,  Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a letter to his  French counterpart issued on Monday by an Iranian news agency.
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A top Iranian official said Sunday that Iran would withdraw from the negotiations with the European Union (EU) if the upcoming talks in Brussels turned into a dead-end, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Iran&#39;s top security official on Monday warned the European Union not to cross Tehran&#39;s red lines in negotiations over its nuclear programme.
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Tehran - Iran&#39;s top nuclear official said on Sunday the Islamic republic would refuse to accept any limitations on its nuclear activities, and threatened to halt tough UN inspections if the case was referred to the Security Council.
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TEHRAN (Agencies) - Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi has called for more dialogue to resolve a standoff with the UN nuclear watchdog, warning that force would not work against the &quot;powerful&quot; Islamic republic.
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Iran&#039;s foreign minister said Saturday the government likely would suggest amendments to a Western package of incentives meant to persuade the Islamic republic to give up its uranium enrichment program.
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could take drastic steps if the talks did not proceed as Tehran wants. Mehr news agency quoted him as saying on Wednesday. that could be used
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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator has resigned and the man named to replace Ali Larijani could present the West with a harder line in a long-running dispute over Tehran's atomic ambitions.
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Iran&#39;s supreme leader threatened Wednesday to pull out of negotiations if European countries press their demand for total suspension of uranium enrichment, as a new round