Iran wriggles to block nuclear sanctions bid
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IRAN is expected to thwart American attempts to send its nuclear dossier to the United Nations Security Council this week, despite a fresh flurry of concerns about its apparent ambitions to make a bomb.
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Iran has rejected a UN resolution calling on the country to freeze uranium enrichment activities. It has also threatened to stop snap checks of its atomic facilities if Iran&#39;s case is referred to the UN Security Council.
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Iran vowed on Thursday never to shelve   its nuclear program, defying the threat of sanctions as a U.N.   deadline fell due for Tehran to stop work that the West fears   could lead to atomic bombs.
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IRAN insisted yesterday that it had a right to exempt some equipment from an agreement with the European Union to freeze its uranium enrichment programme - a move diplomats said threatened to scuttle the deal.
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Iran faces heightened criticism over its escalating nuclear activity at a U.N. watchdog meeting this week that will provide a barometer of sentiment for broader sanctions against Tehran.
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Iran says it will not agree to halt uranium enrichment, despite a call by the UN to suspend all such activities.
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Iran refused yesterday to agree to suspend indefinitely its uranium enrichment activities although it would continue talks with Britain, France and Germany on a package of incentives.
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Shrugging off a deadline, Iran defied the prospect of possible UN Security Council sanctions as it stood firm Sunday in claiming the right to exempt some equipment from a deal freezing uranium enrichment programs that can make
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Iran's top negotiator and the EU foreign policy chief failed to break a deadlock over Tehran's nuclear program on Thursday despite a threat of fresh international sanctions.
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Tehran/Vianna, Sept. 19 (NNN): Iran on Sunday rejected the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) call to suspend of all its nuclear activities, saying that it will not agree to halt uranium enrichment.
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Iran vowed on Thursday not to bow to   Western pressure, hours before a U.N. watchdog was expected to   report Tehran had defied a deadline to halt work which the West   fears could help it build nuclear bombs.
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Two announcements today appeared intended to enforce Iranâs refusal to back down in the face of stepped-up pressure from the United States.
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Iran on Monday froze sensitive nuclear work including uranium enrichment in a move likely to thwart US efforts to report the Islamic state to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
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Iran has agreed to avoid setting a firm deadline for talks with the European Union on its nuclear programme and could maintain its freeze of uranium enrichment activities until at least mid-year.
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Vienna - Equipped with black-market blueprints of a nuclear bomb and some weapons-grade uranium, Iran is defying the United Nations by secretly continuing supposedly suspended activities as it presses ahead with plans to have atomic arms by next year, an
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Iran on Monday froze sensitive nuclear  work including uranium enrichment in a move likely to thwart  U.S. efforts to report the Islamic state to the U.N. Security  Council for possible sanctions.
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TEHERAN - Iran reacted yesterday with defiance to a tough resolution from the United Nations atomic watchdog, rejecting calls to halt sensitive nuclear activities and threatening to block tough inspections if the issue was referred to the Security Council