U.S. wants to move quickly on Iran issue
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The United States intends to move very quickly in early September to impose U.N. sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend its enrichment of uranium, a senior State Department official said Thursday.
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Military strikes against Iran could prompt it to rapidly pursue nuclear weapons, a UK think tank says.
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Crawford (Texas), August 21 (NNN): Brushing aside Iranâs warning that it may resort to pre-emptive strikes to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities, the United States has asked Tehran that it must end its pursuit of atomic weapons.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the U.S. would hold direct talks with Iran if Tehran suspended its nuclear program. Iran's president, however, pledged to move ahead with enrichment activity that Washington contends masks weapons development.
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The debate is delaying a decision about whether to use a strategy of diplomacy or isolation in dealing with Iran.
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Iran loomed as the second Bush administration&#39;s most urgent foreign policy challenge yesterday, as Colin Powell, the outgoing Secretary of State, warned that the country was
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The United States is looking for a reason to act against Iran amid accusations Tehran is secretly developing atomic weapons, Iran&#39;s Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said in remarks published on Tuesday.
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Major powers made progress on Thursday on agreeing on new sanctions on Iran and hope to have their U.N. ambassadors begin drafting a formal U.N. Security Council resolution next week, a senior U.S. official said.
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The United States is worried about reports that Iran is using the last few days before it is to curtail nuclear activity to produce a gas that can be used to make nuclear weapons, an official said Friday.
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The U.S. urged Iran on Monday to cooperate with a probe into past suspicious nuclear activities but said even full compliance would not be enough to ease international concerns over Tehran's possession of bomb-making technology.
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The United States prodded Iran on Thursday to respond as early as next week &amp;#151; and no later than mid-July &amp;#151; to an offer of incentives to suspend its disputed nuclear program.
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INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey, Oct. 6 -- An unexpected travel delay has forced the United States and its diplomatic partners to postpone until early next week a decision about what punitive actions to take against Iran over its nuclear program, a senior State Department official announced Friday.
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Key nations trying to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions are hoping Tehran will agree quickly to suspend uranium enrichment and return to negotiations, but they are planning for sanctions if it does not, diplomats said Friday.
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After a series of tough statements about Iran from the Bush administration, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that U.S. still had "many diplomatic tools" to use in the showdown over Tehran's alleged nuclear weapons program and other issues.
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Tehran and Washington are headed for confrontation as the UN meets to discuss Iran&#39;s nuclear program: The US wants to take the issue to the Security Council while Europe lobbies for more diplomacy.
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Major powers on Thursday made progress on agreeing on new sanctions on Iran and hope to have their U.N. ambassadors begin drafting a formal U.N. Security Council resolution next week, a senior U.S. official said.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 29  - The United States said Friday that &quot;time is running out&quot; for Iran to avoid being hauled before the UN Security Council for possible sanctions by complying with international demands to halt uranium enrichment activities and come