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VIENNA, Austria - The United States and Europe are ready to compromise with Iran over its nuclear program and have tentatively approved a plan that would allow it to make the precursor of enriched uranium, senior officials said Thursday. The officials said the plan would allow Iran to convert raw uranium into the gas that is spun by centrifuges into enriched uranium. But the actual enrichment would take place in Russia, the officials told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to reveal the strategy. Depending on its level, enrichment can be used to generate energy...

Tehran, 4 Nov. (AKI) - Iran is confident that it will not be referred to the United Nations for sanctions. "I am convinced that the next meeting of the council of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will not refer Iran to the security council of the United Nations," said one of the principle negotiators, Javad Mandouri, who was quoted by the news agency Fars in Tehran. Referring to recent statements by the British foreign minister Jack Straw, in which he said that there is no clear information on the nature of the Iranian nuclear programme, Mansouri said...

TEHERAN - Iran's reformist opposition criticized the nation's nuclear policies as it may bring Iran before the United Nations Security Council and lead to sanctions, ILNA news agency reported on Monday. The spokesman for the MJM faction, Rassoul Montajabnia, told ILNA that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government had made a political mistake by skipping the Europeans in favour of members of the Non-Aligned Movement. The new Iranian administration has decided to increase nuclear negotiations with the NAM member states as well as Russia and China and sever talks with the European Union trio Britain, France and Germany, the main negotiating partners...