Iranian cleric upbeat on closure of nuclear case
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A top Iranian cleric expressed optimism Friday that Iran&#39;s nuclear case might not be referred to the United Nations Security Council, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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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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Escorted by his bodyguards, Iranian senior conservative cleric, Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani, foreground left, leads a Friday prayer, the day before holy month of Ramadan at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Oct. 15, 2004.
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Iran's promise to suspend uranium  enrichment in the hope of allaying fears it wants to make a  nuclear bomb is a positive step, the head of the International  Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday.
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said Tuesday that Iran will push on with its nuclear program even if it is forced to halt inspections by the UN nuclear watchdog.
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A top Iranian official tells the BBC Tehran is prepared to give more assurances over its nuclear enrichment plans.
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Tehran is confident of reaching a   negotiated settlement over its nuclear program, a senior   Iranian diplomat said in Tokyo on Thursday, as the United   Nations nuclear watchdog seemed set to report that Iran had   defied a deadline to halt atomic fuel work.
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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said in an interview released Saturday that he is hopeful about ending the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, but he cautioned Iran against wasting "a great chance &#151; perhaps the last one."
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Iran said Sunday it would work to settle disputes over its atomic program if its case went back to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency &#151; a stance far from Western demands that it suspend uranium enrichment.
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A top Iranian cleric hails a "victory" over the US after the UN said it would not punish Iran with sanctions.
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Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that Iran is ready to hold more talks with the United States over stabilizing Iraq, the state-run news agency reported.
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Iran said Monday it was optimistic ahead of crucial talks with the European Union aimed at striking a long-term accord that would ease concerns over the country&#39;s nuclear programme.
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Iran is determined to press ahead with its nuclear program even if it results in a halt of U.N. checks of the Islamic Republic's nuclear sites, President Mohammad Khatami said on Tuesday.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi on Sunday welcomed the decision of his country&#39;s parliament to back the resumption of uranium enrichment.
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TEHRAN  -- Iran said the UN nuclear watchdog&#39;s report Wednesday on Tehran&#39;s atomic energy program was a positive step toward clearing up the country&#39;s file and demonstrating the peaceful character of the program.
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Iran is ready to prove to the world it  is not producing atomic weapons provided the West recognizes  the Islamic Republic's right to peaceful nuclear technology,  President Mohammad Khatami said on Wednesday.
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A prominent Iranian cleric said on Friday the fatwa death warrant against author Salman Rushdie issued by the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini in 1989 was "still alive" in the Islamic Republic.