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Iran Counters Western Nuclear Demands
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TEHRAN, Iran Iran said Sunday it would work to settle disputes over its atomic program if its case went back to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency a stance far from Western demands that it suspend uranium enrichment. (article 3)
The news comes days after an official in Spain said Iran had pledged to end years of stonewalling and provide answers about past suspicious nuclear activities to the IAEA. (article 3)
United Nations' sanctions and American saber-rattling reveal the US President George W Bush administration's fear of taking direct action against Iran's uranium enrichment program. (article 4)
" That policy is supported by all of the members of the cabinet, and by the vice president of the United States. (article 2)
In a news conference on Friday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice maintained that Vice President Dick Cheney supported her strategy of trying to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions through diplomacy. (article 2)
The US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, described his four hours of talks with his Iranian counterpart as "positive". (article 5)
The Americans accuse Iran of trying to destabilise their military presence in Iraq - and Iranian officials accuse the Bush administration of trying to foment a "velvet revolution" in Iran. (article 5)
" Their presence in Iran - to visit their parents or to conduct humanitarian work - poses no threat. (article 1)
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Iran, Cheney, Iranian, nuclear, diplomatic |
Source articles
- U.S. Not Pushing for Attack on Iran, Rice Says (nytimes.com, 06/01/2007, 739 words)
- Rice Plays Down Hawkish Talk About Iran (nytimes.com, 06/02/2007, 1095 words)
- Iran Counters Western Nuclear Demands (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 513 words)
- Points of view on nuclear power vary (L.A. Times, 06/03/2007, 59 words)
- Iran and the US: A new Cold War? (BBC News, 06/01/2007, 555 words)
- Bush urges Iran to free Americans (BBC News, 06/01/2007, 166 words)
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