Iran backs down on uranium demand
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Facing fierce international pressure, Iran backed off yesterday from its demand to be allowed to continue operating some uranium enrichment
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Two announcements Sunday appeared intended to enforce Iranâs refusal to back down in the face of stepped-up pressure from the United States.
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In the eyes of six world powers, Iran  has failed to meet a U.N. Security Council demand that it  suspend uranium enrichment, a senior European Union diplomat  said, in a move which could pave the way for sanctions.
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Sunday it would not abandon uranium enrichment, rejecting a key demand by three European powers that have threatened to intensify pressure if Tehran does not curb its nuclear program.    Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Iran already had the technology required for its nuclear fuel cycle, and would not reverse the situation...
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Dropping a last-minute demand Sunday, Iran agreed to fully suspend its nuclear programs and won some additional concessions from Europe for a resolution that excludes many of the Bush administration's proposals for increasing pressure on the Islamic republic.
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TEHRAN - Iran reacted yesterday with defiance to a resolution from the UN&#39;s atomic watchdog, rejecting calls to halt sensitive nuclear activities and threatening to block tough inspections if the issue was referred to the Security Council.
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Iran turned away U.N. inspectors from an underground site meant to shelter its uranium enrichment program from attack, diplomats said Monday, while the country's supreme leader insisted Tehran will not give up its contentious nuclear technology.
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Iran ruled out a total suspension of uranium enrichment Wednesday as a second round of talks with European negotiators failed to produce an agreement aimed at avoiding
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TEHRAN : Iran rejected European demands that it halt all uranium enrichment activities and described a proposal aimed at ending Tehran&#39;s nuclear standoff with the international community as &quot;unbalanced.
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Iran on Sunday turned down a European  Union proposal that it stop enriching uranium in return for  nuclear technology.
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Iran fails to comply with demands to halt uranium enrichment, UN watchdog says.
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Iran said on Monday the idea it was   prepared to shelve uranium enrichment for a limited time had   been misunderstood by the West and that it had made no decision   yet.
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Middle East News, Iran agreed to give up its demand to exempt research and development on uranium enrichment technology from a freeze of its enrichment program, in an attempt to ease international fears that it was covertly developing atomic weapons, a
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Iran says it will continue enriching uranium, rejecting an offer by Europe for trade concessions and alternative technology in exchange for such a halt.
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Iran&#039;s foreign minister on Thursday rejected demands from the seven major industrialized nations to respond by July 5 to an international offer for Tehran to roll back its uranium enrichment program.
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Iran rejected on Sunday a resolution  from the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it should freeze uranium  enrichment, and threatened to end snap checks of atomic  facilities if its case were sent to the U.N. Security Council.
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Iran has again defied U.N. demands to suspend its nuclear enrichment programs, according to a report issued yesterday by the International Atomic Energy Agency, leading Bush administration officials to demand increased pressure on Tehran.