Iran defiant on atomic plans before Rome talks
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Iran will not abandon its right to nuclear technology despite the threat of more sanctions, Iran told France in a letter published on Monday, a day before talks to try to defuse the atomic row with the West.
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Iran rejects a new European bid to make it abandon nuclear work but insists it is not pursuing atomic weapons.
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Iran will not suspend its uranium enrichment work as demanded by a U.N. sanctions resolution, the country's top nuclear official said on Sunday in the latest statement of defiance from Tehran as a U.N. deadline looms.
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Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment, the key U.N. demand in a nuclear row with Tehran, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said the day before talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
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Iran will not stop uranium enrichment despite opposition from the EU, Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator says.
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Iran Sunday rejected European demands it  abandon sensitive nuclear activities but reiterated its  readiness to provide assurances that its atomic ambitions are  entirely peaceful.
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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 vows to defend its nuclear activities to the end, as world powers prepare for talks on more sanctions.
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said yesterday it is prepared to suspend some nuclear activities but would not surrender its right to enrich uranium.
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Iran reiterated Tuesday it was only  prepared to keep its uranium enrichment activities frozen for a  few months and would not, as the EU and Washington want,  permanently mothball facilities which could make atomic bombs.
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Iran vowed not to cave in to international pressure over its nuclear plans, as the European Union lamented a lack of progress in talks on a Western offer to defuse the standoff.
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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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Iran's new nuclear negotiator arrived in Rome on Tuesday to meet Western diplomats who will try to gauge whether his appointment is a sign Tehran has hardened its stance on its atomic program.
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Iran vowed on Wednesday to press on with its nuclear fuel program, ignoring a U.N. deadline to freeze uranium enrichment or face broader sanctions, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.
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Iran's president rejects calls to suspend uranium enrichment, a day before a UN deadline runs out.
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Iran insisted on Saturday an escalating dispute with the West over its nuclear activity could be resolved by negotiation as its security chief arrived in Germany for meetings with EU leaders.Comment
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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.