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| Iran 'ignores nuclear deadline' | Iran 'ignores nuclear deadline' |
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| Iran has failed to stop enriching uranium despite a UN deadline calling for a halt to its nuclear programme, the UN nuclear agency says. | Iran has failed to stop enriching uranium despite a UN deadline calling for a halt to its nuclear programme, the UN nuclear agency says. |
| The findings are set out in a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), leaked to the media. | The findings are set out in a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), leaked to the media. |
| The IAEA is due to submit the report to the UN Security Council later, which could pave the way for sanctions. | The IAEA is due to submit the report to the UN Security Council later, which could pave the way for sanctions. |
| Earlier, Iran's president said Tehran would not yield to international pressure to halt its programme. | Earlier, Iran's president said Tehran would not yield to international pressure to halt its programme. |
| Iran shows no sign of freezing its nuclear activities, diplomatic sources quote the IAEA report as saying. | |
| It started one new round of enrichment only days ahead of the 31 August UN deadline, diplomats said. | |
| Iran defiant | |
| US President George W Bush warned that there would be "consequences" if Iran failed to meet the deadline. | |
| "It is time for Iran to make a choice," he told a meeting of US veterans in Salt Lake City. | |
| Western powers accuse Iran of trying covertly to develop a nuclear bomb. | |
| But Iran maintains it has a right to a nuclear programme which, it says, has a purely civilian aspect. | |
| "Iran will not back down an inch... and will not accept being deprived of its rights," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech. |