Iran firm on nuclear plans before Rome talks
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Iran will not retreat "one iota" from its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday just hours before his new chief negotiator was to meet Western diplomats for the first time.
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Iran vowed defiantly on Thursday not to   bow to Western pressure, hours before a U.N. watchdog was   expected to report Tehran had failed to meet a deadline to halt   work which the West fears could help it build a nuclear bomb.
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Tehran - Iranian officials said on Wednesday they will not cede to international demands for the Islamic republic to suspend its controversial uranium enrichment activities, saying they were ready for confrontation or negotiation.
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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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Italian Premier Romano Prodi looks on as he handles documents during a meeting with Iran's senior nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in Rome's Palazzo Chigi premier office, Wednesday Feb.Comment
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Iran said on Tuesday it would never suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the West, a day after world powers agreed to work on a new U.N. resolution to pressure Tehran to back down over its nuclear program.
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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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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Iran would defend the aims of its nuclear programme during any negotiations as the European Union gave Tehran extra time to show it was serious about talks.
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Iran sent mixed messages Thursday about its nuclear agenda: The ruling cleric vowed not to give up the atomic program &amp;#151; calling it more important than oil revenues &amp;#151; but the president said Tehran is ready to negotiate on resolving the standoff.
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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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TEHRAN - A foreign ministry official said yesterday that Iran's former nuclear negotiator, considered a relative moderate, would attend talks in Rome this week even though he has left his post.
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Iran's new top nuclear negotiator is scheduled to hold Tuesday his first international meeting about Tehran's contentious nuclear program since his appointment Â a one-day session in Rome with the European Union's foreign policy chief.
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Iran will not retreat "one iota" from its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, hours before his new chief negotiator was to meet Western diplomats for the first time.
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Iran has no plans to set preconditions for any further talks with the United States to discuss Iraq, a senior Iranian official was quoted on Friday as saying.
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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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TEHRAN -- Iran said yesterday it is prepared to temporarily suspend some nuclear activities but would not surrender its right to enrich uranium.
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Iran will press ahead with its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on the day of a U.N. deadline for Tehran to freeze its uranium enrichment activities.