Iran nuclear talks must not last years: Kouchner
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner  has said he supports talks between Iran and the U.N.&#39;s nuclear  watchdog about Tehran&#39;s atomic program, but the dialogue should  not drag on for years.
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The world should brace for a possible war over the Iranian nuclear crisis but seeking a solution through talks should take priority, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday.
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"Next week in New York there will be discussions to try to have a resolution. If in the framework of the U.N. things are not sufficient, we will act in the European framework."  France's foreign minister appeared Tuesday to soften his weekend warning of war with Iran if it develops nuclear weapons, emphasizing instead the need to 'negotiate, negotiate, negotiate without respite.'Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner also had said that European leaders were considering their own economic sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt the enrichment of uranium in its nuclear program.Kouchner, who is on his first trip to Moscow as France's top diplomat, on Sunday said 'we must prepare ourselves for the worst' if Iran obtains nuclear weapons, and he specified that could mean a war. Read more
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Iran's top nuclear negotiator said Sunday that Iran will expand uranium enrichment, in defiance of a U.N. Security Council resolution giving the Islamic Republic until Aug. 31 to halt the activity or face the threat of political and economic sanctions.
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Iran on Monday accused French Foreign  Minister Bernard Kouchner of stoking a crisis after he said  France must prepare for the possibility of war over Tehran&#39;s  disputed nuclear program.
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Top nuclear negotiator Hussein Mousavian tells the BBC Iran has ruled out a long-term suspension of uranium enrichment.
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Representatives from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom met with Iranian officials twice in October in an effort to head off a possible diplomatic showdown over its nuclear program.
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Franceâs foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, sought to tone down remarks he made the day before that the world had to prepare for possible war against Iran.
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VIENNA, Austria A top Iranian delegate suggests some centrifuges will continue to operate despite Iran&#39;s recent agreement to freeze all uranium enrichment programs.
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FranceÂs president suggested that Iran would not have to freeze major nuclear activities until formal negotiations began.
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Talks meant to give Tehran a last chance to avoid U.N. sanctions were in jeopardy on Wednesday, with diplomats and European officials saying Iran's chief nuclear negotiator had still not confirmed if he would meet with the European Union's foreign policy chief.
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Nuclear talks between the EU and Iran will resume in Paris on Nov. 5 with Tehran facing a looming deadline to agree to freeze uranium enrichment or face referral to the UN Security Council, diplomats said on Thursday.
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A meeting between European Union  foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran&#039;s top nuclear  negotiator has been postponed until after Group of Eight  foreign ministers meet on Thursday, an EU diplomat said on  Wednesday.
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TEHRAN, Oct 27  - Iran&#39;s supreme guide Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Wednesday that Tehran could break off nuclear talks with the international community if &quot;illogical demands&quot; were made such as long-term suspension of uranium enrichment.
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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Wednesday that Iran must decide whether it wants to continue negotiations about suspending uranium enrichment in its disputed nuclear program.
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Iran will delay the planned start-up of its first nuclear reactor until 2006, a year later than previously scheduled, Agence France-Presse reported.
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unable to reach an agreement with Iran on freezing the country&#39;s uranium enrichment program, because Iran refuses to retract its demand to continue operating 20 centrifuges for uranium enrichment, which it claims are for research and development purposes.