REGION: Iran sticks by its ârightâ to possess nuclear fuel ...
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TEHRAN: Iran repeated on Sunday it had a ârightâ to master the sensitive nuclear fuel cycle, ahead of an expected proposal from Europe calling for Tehran to abandon such work in exchange for diplomatic and trade incentives.
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Iran confirmed Wednesday it was holding talks with Europe on freezing some nuclear activities but said it won't give up its plan to control the whole nuclear fuel cycle, from mining uranium to enriching it.
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TEHRAN, Nov 28 : Iran on Sunday stuck by its demand that 20 centrifuges be excluded from its agreement to freeze nuclear fuel work, and complained a draft International Atomic Energy Agency resolution was &quot;not satisfactory&quot;.
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Iran toughened its position over its nuclear program Sunday, vowing to maintain its demand to exempt 20 centrifuges it says it wants for research despite international efforts to save a deal committing Tehran to freeze uranium enrichment and all related activities.
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Sunday it would not abandon uranium enrichment, rejecting a key demand by three European powers that have threatened to intensify pressure if Tehran does not curb its nuclear program.    Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Iran already had the technology required for its nuclear fuel cycle, and would not reverse the situation...
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London, Sept. 22 (NNN): A defiant Iran on Tuesday announced that it had resumed producing a uranium gas for enrichment as a nuclear fuel, reports The Guardian.
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VIENNA -- Iran said yesterday that it would press ahead to build a nuclear reactor despite the decision by the UN's nuclear agency against giving technical assistance to the project.
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A defiant Iran kept on enriching uranium in advance of the U.N. Security Council's Thursday deadline for Tehran to freeze such activity or face the threat of sanctions, U.N. and European officials said.
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Raising doubts about its commitment to dispel international distrust, Iran is producing significant quantities of a gas that can be used to make nuclear arms just days before it must stop all work related to uranium enrichment, diplomats said Friday.
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The deadlines are all past, yet Iran remains defiant over its nuclear program.
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Tehran will remain steady in pursuing its disputed nuclear program and hopes the U.N. Security Council won't approve further sanctions, Iran's foreign ministry said Sunday.
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TEHRAN, Iran -- From this country's divisive political sphere to its disaffected streets, one thing binds Iranians of all ideologies: a fervent belief in the Islamic Republic's right to its nuclear program.
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by RN Security and Defence editor Hans de Vreij, 24 September 2004. Iran and the United Nations remain on collision course as Tehran sticks by its refusal to end its uranium enrichment programme.
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TEHRAN  - Iran stuck by its demand that 20 centrifuges be excluded from its agreement to freeze nuclear fuel work, and complained a draft International Atomic Energy Agency resolution was &quot;not satisfactory&quot;.
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unable to reach an agreement with Iran on freezing the country&#39;s uranium enrichment program, because Iran refuses to retract its demand to continue operating 20 centrifuges for uranium enrichment, which it claims are for research and development purposes.
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TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran said Saturday that it would continue its nuclear program but provide &quot;guarantees&quot; not to build atomic weapons, and warned Washington that the United States cannot stabilize neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan without Tehran&#39;s help.
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VIENNA  - Iran and Europe continued efforts to see whether Tehran could unconditionally respect a commitment to freeze any nuclear fuel cycle work that could be diverted to produce atomic weapons.