Iran defies U.N.; sanctions possible
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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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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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Iran has failed to meet a U.N. Security   Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment, six world   powers agreed on Thursday, but there was growing opposition to   U.S. calls for sanctions.
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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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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Iran said on Saturday it was surprised by proposed new sanctions over its nuclear program and said major powers should have waited for the verdict of a United Nations watchdog in March.
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Iran begins converting raw uranium into gas used in the process of making nuclear weapons, defying the UN.
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Iran has not diverted any of the nuclear  materials it declared to the U.N. nuclear watchdog to any  prohibited activities, the watchdog said on Monday, but it  could not rule out the existence of covert nuclear work.
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Oil prices rose on Thursday as Iran   looked set to defy the United Nations' deadline for halting   nuclear enrichment, raising the risk of sanctions against the   world's fourth-biggest crude exporter.
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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 has produced a few tons of the gas needed to enrich uranium, a top nuclear official indicated Wednesday, confirming the country has defied international demands and taken a necessary step toward producing nuclear fuel &#151; or nuclear weapons.
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Defying UN agency orders, Iran starts to enrich uranium. Is it for energy or a weapon?
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The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday Iran had failed to meet a February 21 deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, exposing Tehran to possible new sanctions over fears it hopes to produce an atomic bomb.
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LONDON - Iran has again escaped censure over its nuclear program, prompting the United States to warn it may take unilateral action against the Islamic regime at the UN Security Council, and in the form of sanctions.
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The UN says Iran has  ceased uranium enrichment, but the US says it could still press for sanctions against Tehran.
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Despite the threat of new sanctions, Iran is advancing work at its largest nuclear facility and has informed international inspectors in writing that it will not comply with a U.N. order to suspend the program, according to U.S. and European diplomats familiar with the inspectors' latest findings.
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IranÂs president told the U.N. secretary general that he would not halt uranium enrichment before negotiations.
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Facing fierce international pressure, Iran backed off yesterday from its demand to be allowed to continue operating some uranium enrichment