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Iran refuses to budge on UN demands 
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Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States but despite a U.N. Security Council deadline did not budge on council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions.Iran refuses to budge on U.N. nuclear demands USA Today - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
With a U.N. Security Council deadline just hours away, Iran called for talks with the United States but did not budge on council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions.India bans nuclear technology exports to Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - 44 minutes ago
India has banned all exports and imports to and from Iran that could contribute to Tehran's nuclear programme, the commerce ministry said.U.N. atomic report may expose Iran to wider sanctions Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 5:33 PM
A U.N. watchdog report due on Thursday is likely to confirm Iran has escalated rather than halted its nuclear fuel program, exposing Tehran to wider sanctions over fears it is secretly seeking atom bombs.Iran, militias could gain from British pullout USA Today - Feb 21 6:10 PM
Britain's planned reduction in its force in southern Iraq could empower Iran and lead to more bloodshed between rival Shiite Muslim groups, analysts warned Wednesday.Iran?s President Vows to Keep Enriching Uranium Despite Expiration of U.N. Deadline to Stop New York Times - Feb 21 4:50 PM
The United Nations seems unlikely to take swift action, because of a sense that the limited sanctions already imposed on Iran by the Security Council are working.U.N. Nuclear Deadline for Iran Passes New York Times - Feb 21 1:06 PM
Swift action is unlikely, because of a sense that the limited sanctions already imposed against Iran are working.Iran unyielding on IAEA nuclear demands AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 12:13 PM
Despite a U.N. Security Council deadline, Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States but did not budge on council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions.IAEA report may tighten Iran sanctions AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 10:42 AM
The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Wednesday put finishing touches on a report expected to confirm that Iran is continuing uranium enrichment activities, a finding that could trigger harsher U.N. Security Council sanctions against Tehran.Iran vows to pursue atomic project despite deadline Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 10:00 AM
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.Missile shield in Poland, Czech Republic to counter Iran: Rice AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 12:06 PM
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said a planned missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic was designed to counter a threat from Iran and posed no danger to Russia.Iran Defies U.N. Deadline On Enrichment CBS News - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has flouted a U.N. deadline calling for him to bring Iran's uranium enrichment program to a standstill. The Islamic state's hard-line president said continuing the nuclear program was the "will of the Iranian nation."Iran defiant ahead of UN nuclear deadline AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 8:35 AM
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Wednesday that Iran would continue its contentious nuclear drive at rapid speed, defying the latest UN deadline for Tehran to suspend sensitive atomic activities.Iran: Unstable, troubled oil giant CNN Money - Feb 21 8:35 AM
Iran just isn't backing down.Iran nuke negotiator offers guarantees UPI - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, says Iran's nuclear energy program will not be diverted to military use.Rice urges Iran to reconsider defiance as nuclear deadline passes AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 8:22 AM
As Iran ignored a UN deadline Wednesday to suspend its nuclear reprocessing activities, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the Islamic republic to reconsider its defiance and accept an offer of better relations with Washington.Fifth Fleet chief fears 'miscalculation' by Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 8:18 AM
The outgoing commander of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet has expressed concern that a "miscalculation" by Iran in its nuclear standoff with the West could spark an armed conflict in the Gulf region.UN deadline on Iran's nuclear program passes International Herald Tribune - Feb 21 7:29 AM
But Iran's breach of the deadline is unlikely to lead to swift UN action because of a sense that the limited sanctions already imposed on Iran by the Security Council are working.India bans atomic exports to Iran AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 8:38 AM
India has banned the export to Iran of all material, equipment and technology which could contribute to Tehran's nuclear program, the government said Wednesday.Blair says he is prepared to work with Syria, Iran USA Today - Feb 21 8:17 AM
Syria is showing signs that it could help improve security in Iraq but Iran is doing little and may be making the situation worse, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said today. Blair said that he was prepared to work with Syria and Iran to bring stability to Iraq and the rest of the Mideast region if they are prepared to help.US wants tougher Iran sanctions BBC News - Feb 21 3:59 PM
Washington says it will now push for tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities.Iran still defiant as nuclear deadline expires CNN.com - Feb 21 6:35 AM
VIENNA, Austria (Reuters) -- 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.US not intending military conflict with Iran: senior congressman AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 7:48 AM
The United States has "no intention whatsoever" of engaging in military conflict with Iran, the chairman of the US House of Representatives' foreign relations committee, Tom Lantos, said here on Wednesday.Olmert calls for tougher Iran sanctions AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 5:56 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday urged the international community to consider tougher sanctions against Iran ahead of a deadline for Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment activities.U.N. readies report on Iran nuke program AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 4:01 AM
The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Wednesday put finishing touches on a report expected to confirm that Iran continues uranium enrichment activities, a finding that could trigger harsher U.N. Security Council sanctions against Tehran.U.S., Iran Differ on Nuclear Talks as Deadline Passes NPR - Feb 21 3:31 PM
A pending report from the United Nations' nuclear agency is likely to confirm that Iran is speeding up the construction of an industrial-scale uranium-enrichment facility. The U.S. is insisting that Iran suspend uranium enrichment as a precondition to direct negotiations. Iran's president has said negotiations are possible -- but with no preconditions.Analysis: U.S.-Iran tensions rise Space War - Feb 21 6:02 PM
by Claude Salhani - UPI International Editor Washington (UPI) Feb 21 - As the Wednesday deadline set by the United Nations for Tehran to back down from its controversial nuclear program failed to be met, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he was ready for talks but rejected U.S. preconditions that the Islamic Republic freeze its nuclear works.Iran set to defy UN nuclear deadline AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 1:51 AM
Iran was set on Wednesday to ignore the latest UN deadline to suspend nuclear work as a defiant President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged that the contentious atomic drive was vital for the nation's future.Death toll from Iran bomb blast rises to 13 AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 3:28 AM
The number of dead from a bomb blast against Revolutionary Guards in southeastern Iran rose to 13 after two wounded victims died in hospital, it was reported Wednesday.Israel advocates more Iran sanctions UPI - Feb 21 2:26 PM
Iran's nuclear program is not as developed as Teheran claims it to be and international pressure could curb it, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said.Iran won't budge on nuclear program demands International Herald Tribune - Feb 21 1:39 AM
As a UN deadline to stop uranium enrichment loomed, Iran said it would stop only if Western nations did the same.New resolution on Iran nuclear program looms at UN Space War - Feb 21 6:02 PM
United Nations (AFP) Feb 21 - The UN Security Council looks set to thrash out another hard-to-negotiate resolution on Iran's disputed nuclear program, one likely to punish Tehran for intransigeance.Robert Naiman: US Bites Thumb at Iran; Sanders Responds with Senate Counterpart to DeFazio Resolution HuffingtonPost - Feb 21 12:41 PM
Recently US officials have been at great pains to state that the US has no intention of attacking Iran and why is everybody going on about this anyway. We're just minding our own business in Iraq, don't you know, unlike those meddling Iranians . It's certainly positive that US officials are asserting that the US has no plans to attack Iran. But when you read the foreign press, a different ...Iran to create women-only island AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 2:30 AM
Iran is seeking to create a paradise for female tourists by turning an island on a northwestern lake into male-free zone, the press reported on Wednesday.Iran vows to press on with nuclear program Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 21 12:15 AM
Iran vowed on Wednesday to press ahead with its nuclear program, in defiance of a U.N. deadline to freeze uranium enrichment, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.Iran sets condition to halt nuke program AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 20 11:37 PM
Iran's chief nuclear envoy said Tuesday his country wants to negotiate over its uranium enrichment program, on the eve of a U.N. Security Council deadline that carries the threat of harsher sanctions. But the country's hard-line president said Iran will halt enrichment only if Western nations do the same.Still time for Iran to comply with UN demands: US IANS via Yahoo! India News - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
Washington, Feb 22 (DPA) There is still time for Iran to meet the UN Security Council's deadline to halt uranium enrichment and move toward negotiations aimed at ending the dispute over the Islamic state's nuclear activities.U.N. atomic report may expose Iran to wider sanctions The Star Online - 1 minute ago
VIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. watchdog report due on Thursday is likely to confirm Iran has escalated rather than halted its nuclear fuel programme, exposing Tehran to wider sanctions over fears it is secretly seeking atom bombs.Russia warns U.S. on Iran moves UPI - Feb 21 11:20 AM
Russia's foreign minister Wednesday warned the United States not to take military action against Iran.U.S. admiral questions Iran's motives CNN.com - Feb 20 10:40 PM
The White House on Tuesday emphasized diplomacy over potential military action against Iran -- just a day after a top naval commander questioned the intentions behind Iran's recent exercises in the Persian Gulf.Iran refuses to budge on UN demands Boston Globe - Feb 21 12:52 PM
Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States -- but despite a U.N. Security Council deadline did not budge on council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions.Iran Vows to Pursue Atomic Program on UN Deadline Day (Update4) Bloomberg.com - Feb 21 8:09 AM
Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged to maintain his country's nuclear work ahead of the expiry of a United Nations deadline for the Islamic Republic to halt its program.Nuclear plan will continue, insists Iran Daily Telegraph - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
Iran will press ahead with its nuclear programme even at the price of closing down every other government activity "for 10 years", President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared yesterday.U.N. finishing report that could lead to more Iran sanctions Seattle Times - Feb 21 12:09 PM
The U.N. nuclear watchdog today put finishing touches on a report expected to confirm that Iran is continuing uranium enrichment activities, a finding that could trigger harsher U.N. Security Council sanctions against Tehran.Nuclear Watchdog Prepares Report on Iran AP via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 21 7:30 AM
The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Wednesday put finishing touches on a report expected to confirm that Iran continues uranium enrichment activities, a finding that could trigger harsher U.N.IAEA prepares Iran report NDTV - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
The UN nuclear watchdog has finalised a report expected to confirm that Iran is continuing uranium enrichment activities, a conclusion that could trigger tougher UN Security Council sanctions against Tehran.Iran Refuses to Budge on UN Demands RedNova - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago
By GEORGE JAHN VIENNA, Austria - Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States - but despite a U.N. Security Council deadline did not budge on council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions. Amid Iran's nuclear defiance, the U.N.Iran faces further isolation, warns US Financial Times - Feb 21 6:26 PM
Iran faced further isolation if it failed to meet United Nations demands to curb its nuclear programme, the US's national security adviser warned yesterday.Roundup: Iran defies UN deadline on enrichment suspension People's Daily - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
Iran on Wednesday defied a UN deadline for the Islamic Republic to suspend its uranium enrichment and vowed to continue its controversial nuclear program.IAEA to submit Iran report today The Peninsula - 12 minutes ago
vienna Iran vowed yesterday to press on with its nuclear fuel programme, ignoring a UN deadline to freeze uranium enrichment or face broader sanctions, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.Deadline looming, Iran calls for new nuke talks USA Today - Feb 20 6:37 PM
Iran said it was ready to negotiate over its nuclear ambitions, but refused to budge on demands that it suspend uranium enrichment, despite a looming U.N. Security deadline and the threat of tougher sanctions.Analysis: U.S.-Iran tensions rise UPI - Feb 21 5:25 AM
As the Wednesday deadline set by the U.N. for Tehran to back down from its controversial nuclear program failed to be met, Iran's President Mahmoud ...Iran refuses to halt nuclear work as deadline passes Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 20 5:48 PM
Iran brushed off threats intended to make it freeze its nuclear program as a U.N. deadline to do so fell due on Wednesday, but offered to guarantee it would not seek atomic weapons.Question time for MPs on Iraq and Iran Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
Interesting and important though it is to know about the views of potential Labour deputy leaders on Iraq (How Labour's contenders see the war, February 21), it is even more important for the future to know their views on a potential attack on Iran. This is no longer some hypothetical distant threat - it looks like a very real prospect.ElBaradei to give report on Iran's nuclear program People's Daily - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei will probably give a report on Iran's nuclear program on Thursday, Austria Press Agency (APA) reported on Wednesday, citing from western informed source.Crude rallies above $60 as traders weigh Iran tensions Market Watch - Feb 21 7:25 AM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures closed above $60 a barrel Tuesday, as traders eyed developments in Iran and braced themselves for weekly data on supplies for some measure of how the chilly weather of the past week has impacted higher-than-normal inventories. Iran Sends Mixed Messages on Nuclear Issue Voice of America - Feb 21 1:18 PM
As another U.N. deadline on Iran's nuclear program passed, Tehran continued to send signals of both defiance and compromise. Meanwhile, the United States and its allies on the nuclear issue remain steadfast in their demand that Tehran suspend uranium enrichment.Iran 'swiftly seeks nuclear goal' BBC News - Feb 21 2:14 AM
Iran's president says he wants nuclear power as soon as possible, as critics in Iran urge him to accept UN demands.India bans export of N-tech, material to Iran Express India - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
India imposed a ban on export of any material and technology to Iran that could be used in development of its nuclear weapons and delivery systems.Rice: US Willing To Talk To Iran If Enrichment Is Halted -CNN Nasdaq - Feb 21 3:06 PM
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signaled Wednesday that the U.S. is willing to hold talks with Iran - provided the country is prepared to first halt its uranium enrichment activities.Iran calls for talks with United States MSNBC - Feb 21 4:19 AM
Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States but did not budge on council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions. Iran: Nuclear talks should be in framework of IAEA ArabicNews.com - Feb 21 6:22 PM
Iran's Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said talks about Iran's nuclear program must be only in the framework of IAEA and upon a joint paradigm.Iran To Continue With Its Nuclear Program - Foreign Min Nasdaq - Feb 21 2:06 PM
ISTANBUL (AP)--Iran's foreign minister said Wednesday that his country would continue its nuclear program, and that the escalating dispute over it should be solved peacefully with the U.S., which has been pushing for a harder line against the Islamic Republic.Iran wants nuclear talks with U.S.; UN prepares get-tough report CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Feb 21 1:23 PM
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Despite a Security Council deadline, Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States but did not budge on UN demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions.U.N. Report Due on Iran's Nuclear Progress NPR - Feb 21 5:46 AM
The United Nations Security Council is about to receive a report on Iran's nuclear program. The watchdog agency is expected to report that Iran has defied a U.N. order to stop enriching uranium.Iran call on Syrian president's support to Iraqi government ArabicNews.com - Feb 21 6:21 PM
Iran's Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday called on visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to support the Iraqi government.Putting sanctions regime in place, India bans export of tech Iran may use for nukes Indian Express via Yahoo! India News - Feb 21 1:56 PM
India today imposed a ban on export of any material and technology to Iran that could be used in development of its nuclear weapons and delivery systems. The decision is in compliance with last year's UN Security Council resolution. As first reported by The Sunday Express, at an inter-ministerial meeting organised by the Ministry of External Affairs, it was decided that notifications would be ...Russia on Iran's tardy payments: 'Without money' no reactor World Tribune - Feb 21 2:18 PM
MOSCOW Russian officials said Iran has refused to honor its $1 billion contract for the construction of a 1,500 megawatt light water reactor at Bushehr.IRAN: RAFSANJANI PRESSES POLITICAL OFFENSIVE AGAINST PRESIDENT, STRESSING MODERATION EurasiaNet.org - Feb 21 12:32 PM
Possessing a popular mandate, and emboldened by the apparent support of a substantial number of senior clerics, Iran s political maverick, Aliakbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, is pressing a campaign to diminish President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s influence over the country s policy-making apparatus.No alternative to talks on Iran nuclear row, says Russian FM People's Daily - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
Russia does not see any alternative to talks in resolving the dispute over Iran's nuclear problem, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Wednesday.Al-Sadr not in Iran, says FM spokesman ArabicNews.com - Feb 21 6:23 PM
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini Sunday rejected claims on presence in Iran of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. "He is not in Iran," stressed the spokesman at his weekly press conference.U.S., Iran relations begins new chapter The Fayetteville Observer - 42 minutes ago
Four years ago this month, the 4th Psychological Operations Group at Fort Bragg advertised for a midlevel civilian expert, salary range $45,000 to $55,000, as a research specialist on Iran and Central Asia. On the visit of Syrian president to Iran ArabicNews.com - Feb 21 6:22 PM
Head of Syrian Foreign Ministry Research Department, Samir al-Taki said here Saturday that the problems associated with the US aggression against Iraq and that of Israel against Palestinian people can be solved through Iran-Syria cooperation.Safavi: US needs Iran in the region ArabicNews.com - Feb 21 6:23 PM
Commander of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said today that the American are not able to make any security changes in the Middle East region without Iran.N.Y. crude futures surge above $60 level on Nigeria, Iran Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 21 2:19 PM
_ The benchmark crude oil futures surged to close above $60 a barrel on Wednesday in New York, reflecting concerns over political stability in Nigeria as well as U.S. tension with Iran over Tehran's nuclear development issue.Iran calls for talks with the U.S. - but continues to defy Security Council on enrichment Boston Herald - Feb 21 12:33 PM
VIENNA, Austria - Despite a U.N. Security Council deadline, Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States _ but did not budge on council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program...Bush's stance on Iran a mistake The News Record - 35 minutes ago
"Money trumps peace sometimes." Bush hopes to use sanctions on Iran for developing a nuclear energy program, and also has insinuated the Iranian government is responsible for supplying insurgents in Iraq with weapons that are being used to kill American and Iraqi soldiers.Iran risks further isolation, says US Financial Times - Feb 21 12:33 PM
Iran faced further isolation if it failed to meet United Nations demands to curb its nuclear programme, the US s national security adviser warned on Wednesday.India bans nuclear export to Iran Calcutta News - Feb 21 4:51 PM
Even as India and Iran continue their talks to push a trilateral gas pipeline, the government Wednesday banned the export of any material and technology to Tehran that could help in the development of its nuclear weapons programme.Oil settles above $60 a barrel for the first time in 2007 on refinery shutdowns, Iran tensions Herald Standard - 8 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices settled above $60 a barrel for the first time this year on Wednesday after a spate of refinery shutdowns threatened to cut into supply. Increasing tensions over Iran's uranium enrichment program also helped to boost prices.Iran calls for talks with the U.S. but continues to defy Security Council on enrichment IndeOnline.com - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
VIENNA, Austria (AP) Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States but despite a U.N. Security Council deadline did not budge on council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions.New resolution on Iran nuclear programme looms at UN Channel NewsAsia - Feb 21 2:07 PM
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council looks set to thrash out another hard-to-negotiate resolution on Iran's disputed nuclear programme, one likely to punish Tehran for intransigeance.Iran defiant ahead of UN nuclear deadline New Straits Times - Feb 21 12:49 PM
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday vowed that Iran will continue its contentious nuclear drive at rapid speed, defying the latest UN deadline for Tehran to suspend sensitive atomic activities.No sign of compromise on Iran nuclear crisis as UN deadline looms AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 20 2:41 PM
Iran warned the United States about getting into a "boxing" match to force it to abandon uranium enrichment but said it was open to talks over worries it seeks nuclear weapons.Iran vows to ignore nuclear fuel deadline Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News - Feb 21 10:04 AM
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran vowed on Wednesday to press on with its nuclear fuel programme, 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.Iran offers atomic assurances via talks Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 20 1:52 PM
Iran on Tuesday dismissed threats to make it drop its nuclear program and offered to guarantee in negotiations that it would not seek atomic weapons.Iran disregards UNSC deadline on suspending uranium enrichment Japan Today - Feb 21 2:09 PM
TEHRAN Iran on Wednesday ignored a U.N. Security Council deadline for it to suspend its uranium enrichment program, with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisting on Iran's right to access the full nuclear fuel cycle.Olmert spells out tough line against Iran, Syria Boston Herald - Feb 21 12:33 PM
JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister spelled out a tough line Wednesday against Iran, Syria and an emerging Palestinian government, urging the international community to take a firmer stance against...Iran says it's ready to negotiate but will not suspend uranium enrichment USA Today - Feb 20 2:06 PM
Iran's chief nuclear envoy warned the United States on Tuesday against climbing into "the boxing ring" over his country's refusal to freeze uranium enrichment, while signaling that Tehran wants to negotiate over fears that it may want to develop an atomic bomb.Iran Refuses to Stop Nuclear Work as UN Deadline Passes Voice of America - Feb 21 10:03 AM
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed again to press ahead with the country's nuclear program, defying a United Nations demand that Iran cease its controversial nuclear activities this week.India bans nuclear export to Iran New Kerala - 53 minutes ago
New Delhi, Feb 21: Even as India and Iran continue their talks to push a trilateral gas pipeline, the government Wednesday banned the export of any material and technology to Tehran that could help in the development of its nuclear weapons programme.Israeli leader calls for tougher sanctions against Iran WLUC TV 6 - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
JERUSALEM Israel's prime minister wants the international community to put more pressure on Iran to halt its uranium enrichment activities, now that a U-N Security Council deadline to do so has passed.Force won't work on nuclear issue, Iran says CNN.com - Feb 20 1:51 PM
VIENNA, Austria (Reuters) -- Iran dismissed on Tuesday threats of force to make it back down over its nuclear program and said only negotiations -- without the precondition that it stop enriching uranium -- could resolve the dispute.Rice still hoping for compromise by Iran on nuclear program WLUC TV 6 - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
BERLIN The Bush administration is hoping Iran might still compromise on its nuclear program, even as the U-N's nuclear watchdog wraps up a report finding otherwise.US welcomes Russia's possible delay of nuclear fuel to Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 20 3:03 PM
The United States welcomed reports that Russia may delay delivering nuclear fuel for the nuclear power station it is building in Iran, saying it probably shows Moscow's concerns about Tehran's atomic program.Iran to pursue nuclear activities under IAEA supervision - Mottaki Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 21 3:07 PM
Mottaki - Nuclear - IAEA IRI Foreign Minster said here Wednesday night Iran would pursue its peaceful nuclear activities within framework of IAEA regulations, ready for answering any questions and eliminating any ambiguities through negotiations.Iran, Turkey sign economic, commerce protocol Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 21 2:58 PM
Iran - Turkey - Economy Iran-Turkey Economic and Commercial Cooperation Protocol was signed here Wednesday by IRI FM and Turkey's Customs and Foreign Trade Minister.US is after getting guarantee from Iran: Official Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 21 3:07 PM
Iran - SNSC - USA Assistant Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Mohammad Jaafari said here Wednesday, the US is after receiving a guarantee from Iran to keep staying in the region.Iran vows to ignore nuclear fuel deadline The New Zealand Herald - Feb 21 11:05 AM
VIENNA - Iran vowed today to press on with its nuclear fuel programme, ignoring a UN deadline to freeze uranium enrichment or face broader sanctions, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.Iran defiant ahead of deadline News Interactive - Feb 21 11:00 AM
PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed overnight that Iran would continue its contentious nuclear drive at rapid speed, defying the latest UN deadline for Tehran to suspend sensitive atomic activities.