Iran defies deadline to halt atom work: U.N. watchdog
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog declared on Thursday that Iran had failed to meet a February 21 deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, and Washington said major powers would meet next week to draft a new Iran sanctions resolution.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Iran should stand up to the world and pursue its nuclear program, after Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to stop nuclear work which the West says will be used to make atom bombs.
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Iran is probably three to eight years away from producing a nuclear bomb if it so chooses, the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog warned on Thursday.
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Iran defied a U.N. deadline Thursday to stop enriching uranium, opening the door for sanctions, but U.S. and other officials said no action would be sought before a key European diplomat meets with Tehran's atomic chief next week to seek a compromise.
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Iran wants talks on its nuclear program but rejects preconditions demanding it freeze the work, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, just ahead of a U.N. deadline for Tehran to back down.
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Iran has pushed ahead with a uranium enrichment program in defiance of a U.N. Security Council deadline to suspend it, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported today. The finding appeared likely to trigger U.S. efforts to obtain harsher U.N. sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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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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The deadlines are all past, yet Iran remains defiant over its nuclear program.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Iran should not show weakness over its nuclear program, a day after Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to stop nuclear work which the West says could to used for making bombs.
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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 on Sunday rejected a deadline set by the European Union for Iran to clear itself on the nuclear activities and said it would make no concession on its right ofpeaceful nuclear technology.
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Iran remained defiant Thursday as a U.N. deadline arrived for it to halt uranium enrichment, and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said unanimity among the Security Council was not needed to take action against Tehran.
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PARIS, SEPTEMBER 21: Iran defied the United Nations on Tuesday by announcing that it had begun converting tons of uranium into the gas needed to turn the radioactive element into nuclear fuel.
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Tehran is confident of reaching a   negotiated settlement over its nuclear program, a senior   Iranian diplomat said in Tokyo on Thursday, as the United   Nations nuclear watchdog seemed set to report that Iran had   defied a deadline to halt atomic fuel work.
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VIENNA, Austria - The U.N. atomic watchdog agency demanded Iran suspend all uranium enrichment activities and set a November timetable for compliance in a vote Saturday that U.S...
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The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday Iran had failed to meet a February 21 deadline to suspend enrichment of uranium, exposing Tehran to possible new sanctions over concerns it seeks to produce an atomic bomb.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog called on Iran  on Saturday to immediately halt activities related to uranium  enrichment, a process that can be used to make atomic weapons.