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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 President 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 reports about hawkish statements by members of Mr. Cheney's staff first surfaced last week in The Washington Note, an influential blog put out by Steve Clemons of the left-leaning New America Foundation. (article 2)
The reports have alarmed European diplomats, some of whom fear that the struggle over Iran's nuclear program may evolve into a decision by the Bush administration to resort to force against Iran. (article 2)
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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)
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