Oct 05
TEHRAN, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday that Iran will never halt uranium enrichment even if the West guarantees its need for nuclear fuel, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Mottaki made the remarks at a joint press conference with his visiting Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro.
“They (the western countries) are not trustworthy and we have experienced this,” Mottaki said.
“The peaceful nuclear activities of Iran, especially the enrichment and generating of fuel for the nuclear power stations, will never be stopped until we gain independence,” he added.
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Tags: Government, IAEA, Iran, nuclear, Nuclear weapons, Politics, Sanctions, U.N., uranium
Sep 02
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) — European Union leaders refused to impose sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Georgia, acknowledging their reliance on Russian oil and gas at a time of faltering economic growth.
EU leaders took the symbolic step yesterday of suspending talks over expanded trade ties with Russia, fearing that tougher measures would expose the energy-dependent bloc to Russian retaliation.
Russia is the 27-nation bloc’s main supplier of oil and gas and third-biggest trading partner, giving it leverage at a time when the European economy threatens to tip into recession. Europe’s determination to maintain business links also undercuts U.S. efforts to line up allies against the reassertive Russia.
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Tags: Agra Europe, Dick Cheney, Economy, EU, France, Georgia, Germany, Gordon Brown, Government, NATO, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics, Recession, Russia, Sanctions, U.K., U.S., War
Jul 31
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - More than 100 nonaligned nations backed Iran’s right to peaceful uses of nuclear power on Wednesday, an endorsement sought by Tehran in its standoff with the U.N. Security Council over its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment.
The decision came as supreme Iranian leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei pledged to continue the country’s nuclear program.
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Tags: China, Cuba, France, Germany, India, Iran, Jamaica, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, nuclear program, Nuclear weapons, Russia, Sanctions, U.K., U.N., U.S., uranium
