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Talks between Iran and the European Union, which Turkey aims to join, on a diplomatic solution to the nuclear dispute are due to resume in Vienna this month.

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Iran warned the European Union on Saturday it would never surrender its right to nuclear fuel, talking tough only two weeks before EU diplomats are due to present final proposals to break Iran's atomic impasse. Tehran says it has every right to enrich the uranium it mines in its central deserts into fuel for nuclear power stations but Washington argues this fuel is destined for atomic warheads.

Equity Income Funds UNITED NATIONS - Talks between Iran and the EU's three biggest powers on the future of Tehran's nuclear program are near collapse as Iran threatens to resume sensitive atomic activities, European diplomats said on Wednesday.

"Based on the (November) Paris agreement, we agreed if negotiations do not reach a result after three months, the talks will end. We are now at this stage and will make decisions soon, " he added. Iran insists its nuclear programme will only be used to generate electricity and has rejected EU and U.S. calls for it to abandon for ever plans to produce its own nuclear fuel by enriching uranium. Iran's nuclear fuel activities, including enrichment, are currently suspended while talks with the EU continue.

Capital Casebook Equity In a deal reached with Britain, Germany and France last November, Tehran agreed to suspend all nuclear fuel-related activities while both sides tried to negotiate a long-term solution regarding Iran's atomic ambitions.

VIENNA, Dec 23 (AFP) The European Union and Iran are to hold new nuclear talks on January 18, diplomats said Friday, confirming the actual date for a meeting announced on Wednesday. "The meeting will be on January 18 in Vienna, " said a Middle Eastern diplomat close to the talks, in which the West is asking Iran to cease nuclear fuel work in order to guarantee that it will not make atomic weapons.

Private Investment In Public But Iran, unhappy with the slow pace of talks, said over the weekend it would resume some work related to enrichment, a process of purifying uranium to use in nuclear power plants or atomic weapons.

"Our deadline for suspending nuclear work was the EU proposal. We will wait until the first days of August but will restart activities right afterwards, " Khatami told reporters. EU diplomats said the European offer was predicated on Iran agreeing to maintain indefinitely its suspension of uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel reprocessing and related activities. Proliferation Treaty, meant to prevent the spread of atomic weapons while allowing civilian nuclear work, and wants to be allowed to keep at least a pilot enrichment programme.

Equity Mutual Funds "It doesn't look good," a diplomat from one of the three nations told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "The talks could collapse."

Birmingham Contact Equity Sharing Washington's suspicion that Iran is developing atomic weapons, the EU has offered economic and political incentives if Tehran scraps its enrichment program. Iran says its program is intended to fuel only power plants, not arms.

Private Equity Investment Firm But four months of talks have not convinced Iran to terminate its uranium enrichment program. Instead, Tehran is demanding to be permitted to gradually build up a commercial-scale enrichment complex under U.N. supervision that could hypothetically provide fuel for dozens of bombs annually.

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Equity Msn Private Wyoming The three European nations have also warned Iran that they would back U.S. calls to send Iran's case to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions if it resumed any enrichment-related work.

American Equity Investment White House spokesman Scott McClellan said "a resumption of any enrichment and reprocessing activities would be contrary to that commitment that the Iranians made."

Equity Index Funds EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said in Washington that any enrichment activity by Iran -- from low-grade processing of raw uranium to its actual enrichment -- would be "completely unacceptable" to the Europeans.

Equity Private Team Wyoming Washington is increasing pressure on its EU allies to keep its promise to help refer Iran's case to the Security Council if Iran follows through on its threats, diplomats said.

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Capital Development Equity The three European nations said in a March letter to EU President Luxembourg that it wanted Iran to continue its suspension of all uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing activities and cooperate fully with the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

Article Between Difference "If ... Iran does not do so, then ... we shall have no choice but to support referring Iran's nuclear programme to the U.N. Security Council," the letter said.

Contact Equity Private Wyoming Washington asked the three nations to prepare to refer Iran to the Security Council when the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors meets next month in Vienna.

Agreement Equity Investment One diplomat said EU and U.S. officials met after the latest round of EU-Iran talks ended on Friday without a deal.

Business Equity Funds "The Americans have asked the EU-3 to help set up a road map for the June (IAEA) board meeting," he said.

Private Equity Fund The IAEA's governing board meets on June 13 -- four days ahead of Iran's presidential elections -- to discuss Iran.

Investment Property Home Separately, intense U.S. pressure has scuppered the possible acquisition of a major Europeans plastics firm by an Iranian state-owned company, Iran said on Wednesday.

Managed Equity Funds European diplomats and company officials have said many top European companies have been warned by Washington to stay away from Iran.

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