Iran vows to pursue atom program despite deadline
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Iran vowed on Wednesday to press on with its nuclear fuel program, ignoring a U.N. deadline to freeze uranium enrichment or face broader sanctions, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.
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Iran will seek to show a nation united behind its nuclear program on Sunday but pressure from the West and voices counselling caution at home have dampened prospects for a grand announcement about atomic progress.
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Iran insists it will continue enriching uranium despite a European offer of trade concessions and technology.
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Iran has persisted in enriching uranium despite the threat of U.N. sanctions and a looming deadline to freeze such operations, U.N. and European officials said Wednesday.
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said Tuesday that Iran will push on with its nuclear program even if it is forced to halt inspections by the UN nuclear watchdog.
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Iran pledged Sunday to meet its deadline and suspend its uranium enrichment activities on Monday, in a sign of cooperation even as the United States has been stepping up pressure over the country&#39;s nuclear program.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali   Khamenei said on Monday Iran would press ahead with its pursuit   of nuclear energy, indicating it will not heed a U.N. demand it   stop enriching uranium or face possible sanctions.
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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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TEHRAN -- Iran's president said yesterday that his nation would continue its nuclear program but provide guarantees not to build atomic weapons, and it warned Washington that it cannot stabilize neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan without Tehran's help.
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Iran said yesterday it would not abandon uranium enrichment, rejecting a key demand by three European powers which have threatened to intensify pressure if Tehran does not curb its nuclear program.
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Iran will never dismantle its nuclear programmes but is ready to give assurances that its uranium enrichment activities will not be diverted for weapons technology, a senior Iranian negotiator told AFP on Wednesday.
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Iran has promised to suspend its nuclear enrichment program by Monday&#39;s deadline, the BBC reported. The head of Iran&#39;s nuclear energy organization said work would stop at two
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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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Iran says it will not give up its plans to build a heavy-water nuclear reactor.
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VIENNA Iran refused on Thursday to abandon plans to operate uranium enrichment equipment that could be used to make nuclear weapons, European and Iranian officials said.
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Iran's president vowed on Wednesday not   to give up the right to nuclear technology, just as EU and   Iranian diplomats met to see if Tehran might suspend uranium   enrichment and avoid the threat of sanctions.
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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.