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Iran plans 10 new enrichment plants in 2010/11

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities during the next Iranian year, its atomic energy chief was quoted as saying, in comments likely to further raise tension with the West. The statement by Ali Akbar Salehi on ...

Iran ratchets up atom work despite sanctions threat

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave instructions on Sunday for the production of higher-grade nuclear reactor fuel, prompting the United States and Germany to threaten carefully targeted new sanctions against Tehran. The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said it ...

U.S. calls for greater international pressure on Iran

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ROME (Reuters) - The United States called on world powers to work together to put more pressure on the Iranian government to curb its nuclear program. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, during a visit to Rome, said sanctions targeting the Iranian government ...

Iran says to start work on 20 percent nuclear fuel

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday told Iran's Atomic Energy Organization to start work on producing nuclear fuel for a Tehran research reactor, further raising the stakes in a dispute with the West. Ahmadinejad's announcement is likely to irritate Western ...

Mideast Iran Pakistan

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, welcomes speaker of Pakistan parliament's lower house Fehmida Mirza, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Copyright 2010 AP News

U.S., Germany say Iran not ready for nuclear deal

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ANKARA/MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - The United States and Germany said on Saturday they saw no sign Tehran would make concessions on its nuclear programme, despite upbeat comments from Iran's foreign minister over prospects for a deal. Iran's Manouchehr Mottaki said he had ...

Iran optimistic on uranium exchange: Mottaki

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MUNICH (Reuters) - Iran sees good prospects for clinching a deal with world powers on exchanging some of its low-enriched uranium (LEU) for higher-grade fuel it can use in a reactor producing medical isotopes, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Friday. Such ...

Discussing Iran sanctions hinders diplomacy: China

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PARIS (Reuters) - China told other world powers on Thursday that discussing broader sanctions against Iran was counter-productive, striking a blow to a Western push to rein in Tehran's nuclear program. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told a conference during a visit ...

Ahmadinejad move signals wish for atom deal: envoy

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VIENNA (Reuters) - The Iranian president's announced readiness to send enriched uranium abroad signals a wish to cooperate for a deal with big powers to ease nuclear tension, Tehran's envoy to the U.N. atomic agency said Thursday. Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh told ...

U.S. fighting "psychological war" in Gulf: Iran

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran accused the United States on Thursday of launching a "psychological war" in the Gulf region by presenting Tehran as a threat to Gulf Arab states to convince them they needed U.S. protection. U.S. officials said on Sunday the ...

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