Iran wriggles to block nuclear sanctions bid
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IRAN is expected to thwart American attempts to send its nuclear dossier to the United Nations Security Council this week, despite a fresh flurry of concerns about its apparent ambitions to make a bomb.
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Iran on Thursday shrugged off the latest punitive U.N. action &#151; suspension of nearly two dozen nuclear aid programs &#151; and showed no signs it was cowed by the possibility of even tougher penalties in the form of new Security Council sanctions.
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Iran's government will reject a proposed U.N. resolution that would give it until Aug. 31 to suspend uranium enrichment or face the threat of international sanctions, state-run radio said on Saturday.
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In the eyes of six world powers, Iran   has failed to meet a U.N. Security Council demand that it   suspend uranium enrichment, a senior European Union diplomat   said, in a move which could pave the way for sanctions.
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Iran on Tuesday defied international calls for it to stop enriching uranium, a day before a U.N. deadline for it to back down.
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Iran faces the risk of sanctions after a   U.N. nuclear watchdog report on Thursday that is likely to find   it has ignored a deadline to halt an atomic fuel program   Western leaders say could lead to bombs.
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Iran dug in its heels over its nuclear program on Monday ahead of a meeting of Western powers to discuss tightening U.N. sanctions on Tehran amid Western fears it aims to produce nuclear weapons.
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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 U.N. Security  Council for possible sanctions.
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Friday prayers in Iran rang with defiance in the face of expected tough action from the UN nuclear watchdog over suspicions this country is trying to build a nuclear bomb.
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A defiant Iran faces the threat of U.N.  Security Council sanctions after the world body's atomic  watchdog said Tehran refused to stop work on its nuclear  program by a Thursday deadline.
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Iran's president voiced defiance on Wednesday as world powers hoped to put the finishing touches on a draft text imposing new sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying the country would not surrender.
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Iran said on Saturday it was  surprised by proposed new sanctions over its nuclear program  and said major powers should have waited for the verdict of a  United Nations watchdog in March.
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Iran state radio said Saturday the government would reject a proposed U.N. resolution to suspend uranium enrichment by Aug. 31 or face the threat of international sanctions.
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Shrugging off a deadline, Iran defied the prospect of possible UN Security Council sanctions as it stood firm Sunday in claiming the right to exempt some equipment from a deal freezing uranium enrichment programs that can make
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IRAN yesterday froze sensitive nuclear work, including uranium enrichment, in a move likely to thwart United States efforts to report the Islamic state to the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions.
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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 said on Sunday the threat of   sanctions was a "psychological game" aimed at putting pressure   on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, which the   West fears is aimed at producing atomic weapons.