Iran Seen Using EU to Buy Time to Get Atomic Bomb
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Iran is using negotiations with the European Union's "big three" on suspending sensitive nuclear activities to buy the time it needs to get ready to make atomic weapons, an Iranian exile and intelligence officials said.
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Iran&#39;s foreign minister was likely to  press Russia on Wednesday to complete construction of its  Bushehr nuclear plant at talks that might be strained by  Moscow&#39;s impatience with Tehran&#39;s nuclear ambitions.
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Iran&#39;s senior nuclear official said that the Islamic republic might resume the suspension of uranium enrichment as requested by the European Union in an attempt to end a standoff over its nuclear program.
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Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said Sunday that Iran was likely to answer to the European Union (EU)&#39;s nuclear proposal late this week, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Iran may resume uranium enrichment -- which can be used to make atomic bombs -- in March if talks with the European Union fail to yield satisfactory progress, a senior Iranian security official said Monday.
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referral was a possibility. &quot;Iran has fully prepared itself for the possible consequences,&quot; he told Reuters. The EU trio want Iran to halt uranium enrichment since it can be used to make nuclear bomb material.
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Iran is considering a deal offered by key EU nations that seeks to resolve the stalemate over Tehran&#39;s uranium enrichment programme.
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WASHINGTON -- Representatives from Britain, France, and Germany were set to meet Iranian diplomats today in Vienna to offer a package of lucrative economic incentives -- including the provision of nuclear fuel -- in exchange for Tehran's agreement to give up its uranium enrichment program, US and European officials said.
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Germany, France and Britain have agreed to set a November deadline for Iran to meet UN demands to clear up concerns that the country is covertly trying to make nuclear weapons, a diplomatic source said here Saturday.
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Iran could acquire a nuclear bomb in  the next one to four years and would become more willing to aid  terrorist groups once it has an atomic capability, according to  a U.S. study released on Tuesday.
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The European Union believes Iran is unlikely to negotiate seriously on its nuclear programme and there is little the West can do to stop it developing an atomic bomb, according to an internal document.
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Iran's foreign minister was likely to press Russia on Wednesday to complete construction of its Bushehr nuclear plant at talks that might be strained by Moscow's impatience with Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
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The European Union urged Iran on Wednesday to take up an offer to suspend its nuclear enrichment in return for suspending sanctions on Tehran.
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Iran has sent mixed signals on a European Union proposal, under which Tehran would abandon efforts to develop nuclear weapons in return for greater cooperation in the nuclear-energy sphere and expanded trade opportunities.
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Iran said on Monday it was willing to negotiate with European nations the length of its uranium enrichment suspension but will never renounce its right to carry out the process, which can be used to make atom bombs.
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Iranian officials have hinted in recent days that they sped up their enrichment of uranium in the past year to put Iran in a better position to negotiate with the West.
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Europe's major powers have agreed to set a November deadline on Iran to meet demands meant to resolve concerns that it is secretly trying to make nuclear weapons, in a confidential document made available Saturday to The Associated Press.