Iran defiant on eve of EU talks
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Iran reiterates that it will not give up uranium enrichment on the eve of talks with the European Union.
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Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment, the key U.N. demand in a nuclear row with Tehran, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said the day before talks with the EU's Javier Solana.
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Iran vowed on Thursday never to shelve   its nuclear program, defying the threat of sanctions hours   before a U.N. deadline to stop work the West fears could lead   to atomic bombs.
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Iran said Monday a preliminary agreement reached between Iran and the European Union's three big powers may be finalized soon, but hard-liners criticized the deal and called on the government to ignore calls to keep suspending nuclear activities.
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Iran's chief negotiator met the top U.N. nuclear monitor on Friday ahead of talks with the European Union in what could be a last chance to end a dispute over Tehran's atomic ambitions and avert tougher U.N. sanctions.
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Iran insisted yesterday that it had a right to exempt some equipment from an agreement with the European Union that requires the country to freeze all parts of a program
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Iran would defend the aims of its nuclear programme during any negotiations, as the European Union gave Tehran extra time to show it was serious about talks.
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Iran's hardline president maintained a defiant tone Saturday ahead of talks with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on the country's suspect nuclear program.
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Iran&#39;s negotiations with the European Union over a deal which would spare Tehran from possible UN sanctions are in their final stages, Iran&#39;s Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Saturday.
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Iran postponed crucial nuclear talks   with the European Union on Wednesday in apparent anger at an   exiled opposition leader's visit to the European Parliament,   but the meeting will go ahead on Thursday.
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IranÂs president continued defiant pronouncements today, the U.N. deadline to halt production of nuclear fuel.
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Iran said it would meet the European  Union's Monday deadline for suspending uranium enrichment and  allay fears it was trying to make a nuclear bomb -- the freeze  could spare it from U.N. sanctions.
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Iran on Tuesday refused to suspend uranium enrichment and asked the European Union (EU) to take confidence-building moves. &quot;Iran cannot be forced to discontinue enrichment process
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Iran's president voiced defiance on Wednesday as world powers prepared to put the finishing touches to new sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying his country would not surrender.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck a defiant yet vague tone on Sunday, telling Iranians during the 28th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that their country would not give up uranium enrichment but was prepared to talk with the international community.
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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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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami ruled out an indefinite suspension of uranium enrichment as demanded by the European Union but he expressed his optimism that negotiations could end the nuclear standoff.