Sunday, June 15, 2008

Iran defiant in nuclear row | Reuters

Iran defiant in nuclear row | Reuters: "By Parisa Hafezi and Fredrik Dahl

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Western powers are warning Iran of more sanctions if it rejects an incentives offer and presses on with sensitive nuclear work, but the Islamic Republic is showing no sign of backing down.

On Saturday, Iran again ruled out suspending uranium enrichment despite the offer by six world powers of help in developing a civilian nuclear programme if it stopped activities the United States and others suspect are designed to make bombs.

'The deadlock is still there,' an Iranian political analyst who declined to be named said a day after European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana delivered the incentives package to Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki..."

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