Iran Halts Key Nuclear Work to Avoid Sanctions
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Iran on Monday suspended sensitive  nuclear activities that could be used to make a bomb in a move  likely to thwart U.S. efforts to report the Islamic Republic to  the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions.
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Iran has agreed to a full suspension of uranium enrichment in an effort to avoid referral to the UN Security Council. Diplomats are waiting for a formal letter to arrive from Tehran.
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Tehran/Vianna, Sept. 19 (NNN): Iran on Sunday rejected the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) call to suspend of all its nuclear activities, saying that it will not agree to halt uranium enrichment.
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Facing fierce international pressure, Iran backed off yesterday from its demand to be allowed to continue operating some uranium enrichment
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Iran said on Monday it was halting work on enrichment in a move hailed by the United Nations&#39; nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Iran is spending the last few days before it must stop all work related to uranium enrichment converting tons of ore into a dual-use gas that could then be processed to make nuclear weapons, diplomats said Friday.
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Iran has withdrawn its demand that some of its technology be exempted from a freeze on nuclear enrichment activities, diplomats in Vienna say.
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Iran has notified the UN nuclear watchdog in writing that it will to suspend uranium enrichment and linked activities to dispel suspicions that it is trying to build nuclear arms, diplomats said Sunday.
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Iran has suspended its uranium enrichment programs, Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said here Monday.
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Iran stressed on Monday its decision to freeze sensitive nuclear work was a voluntary move to dispel concerns it was secretly building atomic arms and would last only for a short time.
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WASHINGTON -- 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 United Nations order to suspend the program, according to US and European diplomats familiar with the inspectors' latest findings.
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Facing the possibility of UN sanctions, Iran has announced it will suspend its uranium enrichment program. The decision was announced after 40 minutes of talks in Tehran Sunday
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Iran appears to have frozen major nuclear activities in an effort to persuade the world that it does not intend to build nuclear bombs, the head of the United Nations&#39; nuclear watchdog agency said Monday.
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Tehran - Iran on Monday will suspend its sensitive nuclear activities surrounding the enrichment of uranium, in accordance with an agreement reached with Britain, France and Germany, state television said.
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Iran has rejected a UN resolution calling on the country to freeze uranium enrichment activities. It has also threatened to stop snap checks of its atomic facilities if Iran&#39;s case is referred to the UN Security Council.
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Iran on Monday froze sensitive nuclear work including uranium enrichment in a move likely to thwart U.S. efforts to report the Islamic state to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
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Iran backed down on a demand to exempt sensitive equipment from a freeze on uranium enrichment that can make atomic weapons, in a move that should save it from possible UN sanctions, diplomats said.