U.S. Says Iran Nuke Freeze Offer a Ploy
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Iran said on Friday it might extend its  partial freeze of uranium enrichment in order to ease Western  fears about its nuclear ambitions but a U.S. official dismissed  this as a ploy to fend off tough U.N. action.
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Washington has intelligence suggesting Iran is working on the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead on a missile, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday in a claim that could increase fears about Tehran's nuclear activities.
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Iran's policymakers may decide to extend  its partial freeze on uranium enrichment, a process that can  make fuel for nuclear power plants or weapons, a senior Iranian  official said on Friday.
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Iran said it was freezing its controversial nuclear fuel work Monday after brokering a deal with Britain, France and Germany. The UN&#39;s atomic watchdog sees the move as easing fears the Islamic regime is seeking the bomb.
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Pressured by European powers, Iranian negotiators at a key UN atomic agency meeting sought approval from their government Friday for a total freeze of a program that can make nuclear-weapons grade uranium.
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US Ambassador John Bolton has said Washington was trying &quot;to go the extra mile&quot; to help the European Union convince Iran to freeze its sensitive nuclear fuel work.
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Iran has been seeking to exclude some uranium enrichment experiments from a nuclear freeze it agreed with three European governments this month, western diplomats said on Wednesday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell Tuesday reaffirmed the United States&#39; intention to try to get the issue of Iran&#39;s nuclear program referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
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Iran may be hiding equipment bought by its military that could be used to make nuclear-weapons-grade uranium despite its recent agreement to freeze all such programs and place them under UN supervision, diplomats said Thursday.
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Iran stressed on Monday its decision to freeze sensitive nuclear work was a voluntary move to dispel concerns it was secretly building atomic arms and would last only for a short time.
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The UN atomic agency meets Thursday to review a resolution under which Iran is to freeze its uranium enrichment activities. On Wednesday, Iran warned it would seek to resume enrichment if the meeting did not go its way.
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Key U.S. allies have begun discussing whether to tolerate a partial freeze on Iran's uranium enrichment program &#151; a stance that could put them at odds with Washington, officials said Friday.
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Iran said on Friday it might extend a partial freeze on uranium enrichment in order to ease Western fears about its nuclear ambitions, but a senior U.S. official dismissed this as a ploy to fend off tough U.N. action.
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MANAUS, Brazil  - Washington has intelligence  suggesting Iran is working on the technology to deliver a  nuclear warhead on a missile, Secretary of State Colin Powell  said Wednesday in a claim that could increase fears about  Tehran's nuclear activities.
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The U.S. and its allies are reviewing a proposal that would commit the U.N. Security Council to hold off on new sanctions on Iran if the country stops further development of its uranium enrichment program, diplomats said Friday.
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Despite promises to freeze its nuclear programs, Iran has continued to convert uranium for enrichment, diplomats in Washington and Vienna said yesterday, a situation that they said signals
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The United States on Tuesday held  out as a model for Iran a deal under which North Korea will  take steps toward giving up nuclear arms, and analysts said it  might bolster Iranians who favor talks with the West.