Iran delays breaking U.N. seals

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Iran delays breaking U.N. seals
From Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr
and CNN's Elise Labott
Wednesday, August 3, 2005 Posted: 0009 GMT (0809 HKT)

(CNN) -- Iran has told the international atomic watchdog agency that it would refrain for now from breaking seals at a nuclear plant, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

The officials said that Iran told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of its decision not to break the seals placed by U.N. monitors, which would indicate a resumption of nuclear activity.

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The official said Iran had indicated it might wait until the so-called EU3 -- France, Germany and Britain -- present a proposal offering nuclear, economic and political incentives in exchange for a permanent freeze of Iran's uranium enrichment program.

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With a new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, set to take the reins of power in less than two weeks, Iran's parliament passed a law a few weeks ago that requires any Iranian government to pursue peaceful nuclear projects in the country.

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LINK for full article
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/02/iran.nuclear.state/