Iran Sees Small Chance of UN Economic Sanctions
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Iran believes there is only a 10 percent  chance the U.N. Security Council will impose economic sanctions  on it if Washington succeeds in sending its nuclear case there,  a senior security official said on Friday.
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Iran will consider taking 'illegal' steps if further UN sanctions are imposed over nuclear programme.
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Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is poised to deliver a defiant address to the United Nations general assembly this week amid a storm of opposition to his visit to New York and growing international alarm over his country's nuclear ambitions.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday in a live television interview that there were no grounds for imposing new U.N. sanctions on his country.
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The U.S. and its closest Western allies may soon call a vote on U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran, even at the risk that Russia and China may abstain or veto the measures, officials said Sunday.
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Iran dug in its heels over its nuclear program on Monday ahead of a meeting of Western powers to discuss tightening U.N. sanctions on Tehran amid Western fears it aims to produce nuclear weapons.
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Iran is sending mixed messages on enrichment, and international powers have been slow to join and push sanctions.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed optimism  that the UN Security Council will finally impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program after the US and Russia closed ranks around a European draft resolution that was months in the making.
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Iran will announce its final decision later on Sunday on an EU proposal that it freeze sensitive nuclear work in return for avoiding referral to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, local news agencies reported.
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The major powers moved closer to agreement Monday night on a modest package of new sanctions against Iran likely to include an embargo on Iranian arms exports and an asset freeze on more individuals and companies associated with Tehran's nuclear and missile programs.
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The European Union presidency on Friday cautioned against an early decision to impose economic and other sanctions against Iran, saying that "for the EU, diplomacy remains the Number One way forward."
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Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi   Livni said on Sunday that the world may have as little as "a   few months" to avoid a nuclear Iran and called for sanctions.
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The major powers moved closer to agreement Monday night on a modest package of new sanctions against Iran likely to include an embargo on arms exports and an asset freeze on more individuals and companies linked to Tehran's nuclear and missile programs.
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Iran said on Thursday it believed the  chance of a U.S. military attack was very low since U.S. forces  were pinned down elsewhere.
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VIENNA  - EU officials were evaluating Iran&#39;s response to an offer for Tehran to avoid possible UN sanctions over its nuclear program in a wrangle that has led a UN watchdog to hold up a key report.
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Iran still has room for diplomatic maneuvering and will certainly wait until after the November 2 US elections to respond to a European offer to avoid possible UN sanctions and receive nuclear technology by indefinitely suspending uranium enrichment, analysts predicted.
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Iran's negotiations with the European Union over a deal which would spare Tehran from possible U.N. sanctions are in their final stages, Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Saturday.