POLITICS:  EU and Iran Find Their Roles Reversed
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WASHINGTON, Sep 7 (IPS) - Scheduled talks between Javier Solana, high  representative for the European Union's Common Foreign and  Security Policy, and Iran's National Security Advisor Ali  Larijani were postponed Wednesday over disagreements on the  nature of the exchange -- would the parties discuss or negotiate?
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EU countries analyse an Iranian response to EU pressure for it to halt plans to enrich uranium, officials say.
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Iran criticized on Sunday Tony Blair's appointment as Middle East peace envoy but welcomed his successor as British prime minister, Gordon Brown.
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Talks between Tehran and the EU on  Iran's nuclear programme are put back, Iranian representatives say.
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The United States has hardened its tone against Iran for its alleged efforts to obtain nuclear weapons, adopting a &quot;bad cop&quot; role against Europe&#39;s &quot;good cop&quot; line toward Tehran.
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Iran slammed UN efforts to rein in its nuclear programme Wednesday but both the United States and Europe called for tough action at a UN atomic watchdog meeting that brought new sanctions closer.
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European countries trying to persuade  Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment program are losing  patience with Tehran and may soon be ready to support U.S.  demands for tougher action, diplomats say.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi on Saturday criticized some parts of the proposals presented by the European Union (EU) during recent nuclear negotiations, terming them
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Iran is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown that both Iranians and U.S. analysts compare to a cultural revolution in its attempt to steer the oil-rich theocracy back to the rigid strictures of the 1979 revolution.
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Despite back-channel overtures from Tehran, the chance for breakthrough contacts between Iran and United States is rapidly dimming.
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The deployment of European troops to Lebanon and Afghanistan comes under the spotlight and there are mixed views on how the EU should deal with a national unity government in the Palestinian territories. In Austria and Germany, papers are dismayed at a fall in the number of students receiving university degrees.
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TEHRAN -- Iran said yesterday that it was downgrading its representation at a ministerial meeting of Iraq's neighbors in Jordan this week, apparently to protest accusations by Jordan's monarch that Tehran was trying to influence the upcoming Iraqi elections.
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The resignation of the negotiator, seen by the West as a moderating influence in Tehran, dimmed hopes for this weekâs talks.
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Europe and the US agreed to moves to curb Iranâs nuclear ambitions tonight, but divisions emerged with so-called non-aligned nations objecting to parts of the text.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 17 -- European efforts to get Iran and the United States around the same negotiating table are at an advanced yet sensitive stage, with a small number of remaining differences to be tackled this week when world leaders gather at the United Nations, according to several American,...
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European governments are deeply divided over how far and how fast to go in imposing new sanctions against Iran, in what could undermine a new U.S. effort to mobilize allies to act outside of the United Nations, according to European officials.
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After eight years of a bold but bungled experiment with reform, Iran's government is in the throes of a takeover by conservatives determined to restore the revolution's Islamic purity, according to Iranian politicians and analysts.