EU Rejects Iran Call to Speed Up Nuclear Talks
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The European Union rejected on Tuesday  a call by Iran to speed up talks on its disputed nuclear  program, insisting the pace of negotiations was right and that  the dialogue was on track.
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Iran said on Sunday it was not planning to hold any negotiations with the United States over its nuclear programme and called on the Europeans to avoid using &quot;threatening language&quot; in response to the standoff.
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Diplomats say the EU has refused a request by Tehran to modify its agreement to freeze uranium enrichment.
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami today rejected calls from European nations to halt a nuclear program, raising the odds that the UN Security Council will have to consider the matter as early as next month.
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Iran&#39;s top nuclear negotiator said Wednesday the European Union (EU) opposes putting Iran under pressure and threats regarding the country&#39;s nuclear program, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Diplomats say Iran has replied to a European offer to avoid possible UN Security Council sanctions over its nuclear program. But they say the Europeans may reject Iran&#39;s response.
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Iran is unlikely to accept European incentives aimed at getting it to suspend uranium enrichment, diplomats said Thursday, raising the likelihood of a showdown with the UN nuclear watchdog agency next month.
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TEHRAN  -- Iran could take months to agree to a European request not to resume uranium enrichment, a nuclear negotiation spokesman said Tuesday, saying the offer was riddled with ambiguities and must be more balanced.
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European governments rebuked Iran for   intransigence over its nuclear program on Friday but expressed   their desire for a negotiated solution to the row.
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Iran, accused by Washington of  developing nuclear arms, has rejected European demands to  abandon key atomic processes that could be used to make  weapons, Iranian and Western diplomats say.
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Iran vowed that it would &quot;resist&quot; unfair demands to suspend its nuclear program, as talks with the EU on resolving the nuclear stand-off faced new difficulties.
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The European Union cannot force Iran to  give up its right to enrich uranium, Iran's foreign minister  said, dealing a blow to EU efforts to halt the process and ease  fears Tehran is seeking a nuclear bomb.
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The European UnionÂs statement cast doubt on efforts to punish Iran quickly for refusing to halt uranium enrichment.
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The European Union holds rescheduled  talks with Iran about its nuclear program on Thursday amid  rising Western concern at Tehran&#039;s failure to respond to a  package of incentives designed to end a standoff.
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Iran said on Saturday it would reject any proposal to halt uranium enrichment, a step European Union diplomats are proposing to end a row over whether Iran is seeking atomic weapons.
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TEHERAN - Iran on Tuesday said it would not negotiate with the European Union over a halt to uranium enrichment, just as an inspection team from the United Nations nuclear watchdog arrived in the country.
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Iran rejected on Sunday a U.N.  resolution calling on it to freeze uranium enrichment  activities and threatened to stop snap checks of its atomic  facilities if its case were sent to the U.N. Security Council.