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Article: Iran vows to expand uranium enrichment; The statement defies a U.N. Security Council deadline to halt activities
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- August 7, 2006
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran vowed Sunday to expand its uranium
enrichment, defying a U.N. Security Council deadline for it to
suspend its nuclear activities by the end of the month or face the
threat of political and economic sanctions.
Top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani's statement was Tehran's first
warning since the resolution passed that it could step up its atomic
program. It suggested Iran is feeling emboldened in its main
confrontation with the West, over its nuclear program, as Europe and
the United States scramble to deal with the escalating violence
between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants.
"We will expand nuclear activities where required. It includes all
nuclear ...