Curtailing Iran&#39;s nuclear ambitions
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The pledge by Iran to stop uranium enrichment has reduced the possibility of military intervention by the United States or Israel to destroy Iran&#39; s growing nuclear weapons potential.
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The move is a final diplomatic initiative aimed at persuading Iran to accept a plan that would block it from developing a nuclear weapon, U.S. and European officials said.
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LONDON - Iran has again escaped censure over its nuclear program, prompting the United States to warn it may take unilateral action against the Islamic regime at the UN Security Council, and in the form of sanctions.
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VIENNA - Shrugging off an ultimatum from the United Nations nuclear agency, Iran revealed yesterday that it had started converting tons of raw uranium as part of a process that could be used to make nuclear arms.
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It's not going to be pretty folks.  Mr. Sarkozy praised the current diplomatic initiative by the world's powers, a two-pronged approach that threatens tougher United Nations-mandated sanctions if Iran does not stop enriching uranium for possible use in a nuclear weapon, but holds out the possibility of incentives if Iran complies.   That approach, he said, "is the only one that can enable us to avoid being faced with an alternative that I call catastrophic: an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran."
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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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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said the international incentive offer to curtail his nation&#039;s nuclear program was a &amp;quot;step forward&amp;quot; that would be carefully considered.
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Western powers are struggling to decide how to react to Iran&#39;s fledgling nuclear programme. Take a hard line, and the Iranian people may side with the hawks in their government, who want to develop nuclear weapons.
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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 US efforts to report the Islamic Republic to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
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a clear rejection of the UN atomic watchdog&#39;s demand that Iran halt such activities. Uranium enrichment can be used both to produce nuclear power and to make atomic bombs.
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Britain says Iranian threats to resume uranium enrichment undermine earlier assurances that Iran would curb its nuclear program. The issue of Iran&#39;s nuclear program arose as European foreign ministers met in Brussels.
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WASHINGTON -- Iran pledged yesterday to temporarily suspend its uranium enrichment program in an attempt to ease suspicions that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons. The move could defuse a longstanding showdown with the United States over Iran's nuclear activities, diplomats said.
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scrap enrichment for good and were likely to fuel US concerns that Iran secretly plans to produce nuclear weapons. suspend all activities which could be used to make bomb-grade material.
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Itâs unclear whether Iran has withdrawn its demand that some of its technology be excluded from a freeze on nuclear enrichment activities.
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Iran has indicated it may suspend some of its nuclear activities to end a stand-off over its nuclear programme. &quot;We are trying to choose the best course of work,&quot; Iran&#39;s top nuclear negotiator told state television.
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Britain, France and Germany are working to give Iran a last chance to avoid confrontation with the West over its nuclear program by offering incentives to curtail its most sensitive activities.
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Iran on Monday froze sensitive nuclear work including uranium enrichment in a move likely to thwart US efforts to report the Islamic state to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.