U.S. Says Iran Nuke Freeze Offer a Ploy
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Iran said on Friday it might extend its  partial freeze of uranium enrichment in order to ease Western  fears about its nuclear ambitions but a U.S. official dismissed  this as a ploy to fend off tough U.N. action.
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Iran is willing to talk with the United States about a nuclear program that Washington alleges is aimed at secretly acquiring the bomb, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Monday. The White House, however, rejected the idea.
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Iran has been seeking to exclude some uranium enrichment experiments from a nuclear freeze it agreed with three European governments this month, western diplomats said yesterday.
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Top European and Iranian officials sought Saturday to save a deal committing Tehran to freezing uranium enrichment programs, which can make nuclear weapons. But Iran's insistence on exempting key equipment hurt hopes of agreement before a key U.N. meeting reconvenes next week.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell Tuesday reaffirmed the United States&#39; intention to try to get the issue of Iran&#39;s nuclear program referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
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Speaking firmly but softly, the Bush administration is looking for an answer from Iran as early as next week on a package of inducements designed to halt its development of what the United States fears are nuclear weapons.
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia  - U.S. Secretary of State   Condoleezza Rice said on Monday the United States might be   willing to join negotiations with Iran if it temporarily   suspended its nuclear program.
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The United States prodded Iran on Thursday to respond as early as next week &amp;#151; and no later than mid-July &amp;#151; to an offer of incentives to suspend its disputed nuclear program.
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Iran said Monday it has frozen all uranium enrichment programs &#151; a claim welcomed by Europe even as it weakened a U.S. push to refer Tehran's suspect nuclear activities to the U.N. Security Council. President Bush said he hoped the statement is true but "there must be verification."
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Iran&#39;s answer on to a European Union (EU) demand that it freeze sensitive nuclear work such as uranium enrichment has been described as not too disappointing but not completely definitive by an EU diplomat familiar with the talks.
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The U.S. is growing impatient for a response to its incentive plan aimed at slowing Iran's nuclear program. But Tehran may have another move up its sleeve
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The U.S. wants to block Iran's nuclear ambition, but diplomacy seems to be the only path.
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an incentive-backed last chance to end uranium enrichment plans or face possible UN sanctions. US belief that Iran was using talks with the EU to buy time to acquire the capability to build a nuclear bomb.
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A senior U.S. official said on Thursday  that satellite images of a suspected nuclear site in Iran  demonstrated its intention to develop atomic weapons, but other  U.S. officials questioned the strength of the claim.
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Iran is asking to be allowed to renege on a commitment to freeze all uranium-enrichment activities and be allowed to operate dozens of centrifuges, according to news reports.
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The top U.S. disarmament diplomat said  on Monday evidence pointed to an Iranian nuclear weapons  program, but that Washington wanted a diplomatic solution and  its ultimate goal was not to topple Tehran's government.
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The secretary of state said the United States might suspend efforts to impose sanctions if Iran suspended uranium enrichment.