Nuclear Chief Pressures Iran, N. Korea
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UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei urged Iran on Monday to suspend uranium enrichment and called on North Korea to dismantle its weapons program or at least allow inspectors to ensure it is &quot;exclusively peaceful.
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A senior U.S. official challenged Iran's hard-line president Thursday over his claim that Iranians are immune from further U.N. sanctions, saying such action is in the works unless Tehran meets demands to curb its nuclear program.
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Challenged by the UN nuclear chief to prove their atomic programs are peaceful, North Korea said it would scrap its &quot;nuclear deterrence&quot; if the United States ended its hostile policy and Iran said negotiations with three European countries may &quot;bring fruit
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Iran is seeking a last-minute exception to its commitment to stop all uranium enrichment activities by demanding the right to operate around two dozen centrifuges, diplomats said Wednesday.
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The Security Council finds itself having to grapple simultaneously with two threats to the spread of weapons of mass destruction &amp;#151; Iran&#039;s refusal to stop enriching uranium and North Korea&#039;s nuclear arms program and missile tests.
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Iran has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove the head of the inspection team probing Tehran&#039;s nuclear program, U.N. officials said Sunday.
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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 is demanding that it be allowed to make an exception in its commitment to freeze all uranium enrichment activities so it can operate about about two dozen centrifuges, diplomats said Wednesday.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged the authority of the U.N. Security Council as Iran faces a deadline to halt its uranium enrichment and he called for a televised debate with President Bush on world issues.
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Despite the threat of sanctions and a looming deadline, the Iranian president again scoffed Wednesday at a U.N. Security Council demand that the Islamic republic halt its uranium-enrichment program.
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Iran's top nuclear negotiator will meet the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency this week as part of a push for a new round of talks over his country's disputed nuclear program, officials said Wednesday.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - The head of the U.N. nuclear  watchdog on Friday urged the United States to join forces with  the EU to persuade Iran to give up atomic processes that could  be used to make weapons.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday Iran had to meet Security Council demands to suspend its enrichment programs and not only cooperate with U.N. nuclear inspectors.
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Â·  President seeks role in Iraq mediationÂ·  Iran's nuclear ambitions are 'the most serious crisis'
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You have to hand it to Iranian diplomacy. Heads of state, scores of ministers, and senior representatives from a number of the world&#39;s most powerful nations are working ardently to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said in Tehran on Friday he had called for swifter Iranian cooperation in resolving questions about its atomic activity, which the West fears will yield atom bombs.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki urged the U.N. Security Council on Saturday to wait for a report from its atomic watchdog agency before taking any decision on a new sanctions resolution.