World poll favours Iran diplomacy
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World opinion opposes military action against Iran's nuclear programme, a BBC World Service poll says.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   on Friday welcomed a world power overture to defuse a standoff   over Tehran's nuclear activity as a positive step but gave no   sign when an answer would come.
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Iran has failed to meet a U.N. Security   Council demand that it suspend nuclear enrichment, six world   powers agreed on Thursday, but there was growing opposition to   U.S. calls for sanctions against Tehran.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that Iran has a vested interest in a peaceful Iraq and should be part of discussions to resolve the conflict there.
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Iran regards the draft resolution proposed by the three major European states - Germany, Britain and France - on Tehran&#39;s nuclear programs as politically motivated, the spokesman for the Iranian delegation to the meeting of the International Atomic Energy
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After talks with US secretary of state nominee Condoleezza Rice, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said that top officials in Washington support the use of diplomacy over military action in dealings with Iran.
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Six world powers said on Friday after talks in London they were deeply disappointed Iran was not prepared to suspend uranium enrichment and would now consult on sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.
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Iran's president said on   Thursday his country gave cultural and spiritual support to   Lebanon but sidestepped questions about whether Tehran would   obey a U.N. arms embargo imposed on Hizbollah guerrillas.
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Foreign ministers from six world powers convene in London on Friday to discuss Iran's nuclear programme, with the United States, backed by Britain, suggesting it is time to consider a sanctions resolution against Tehran.
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Germany urged the United States on Saturday to back EU diplomacy on Iran to stop it acquiring nuclear weapons, while Tehran expressed optimism about reaching a deal with the Europeans.
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Foreign ministers from all European Union (EU) member states, who gathered in Brussels on Monday for a meeting, extended warm welcome to Iran&#39;s decision to suspend uranium enrichment.
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TEHRAN/VIENNA  - Iran said Wednesday it has  cleared up all major outstanding ambiguities over its nuclear  program to reassure the world it was not trying to make an  atomic bomb, but diplomats at the U.N. disagreed.
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Iran hailed nationwide elections to local councils and a powerful clerical body as a success on Saturday and said healthy voter turnout would help the Islamic Republic confront its Western foes.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   reaffirmed his support for a U.N. resolution backing the   ceasefire that ended a 34-day war in Lebanon, U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Sunday.
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Foreign ministers from the Group of  Eight industrialized nations meet in Moscow on Thursday to  decide how best to nudge Iran to give a clear answer to  proposals aimed at ending the standoff over its nuclear plans.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she was confident world powers would agree on further steps to take against Iran, which has repeatedly defied international calls to suspend its nuclear fuel programme.
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Analysis: Tehran' diplomatic strategy is based on the international community's desire for an alternative to confrontation, even if that amounts to less than full compliance with its demands