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               Report: Iran Won't Accept Deal Denying Enrichment

   by Reuters

   Iran said on Saturday it cannot accept any agreement with six major
   powers that does not recognize what it describes as its right to enrich
   uranium, a demand the United States and its European allies have
   repeatedly rejected.

   "In the past 10 years, Iran has resisted economic and political
   pressures and sanctions aimed at abandoning its enrichment activities,"
   Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told reporters.

   "Therefore any agreement without recognizing Iran's right to enrich,
   practically and verbally, will be unacceptable for Tehran," he said on
   the fourth day of talks aimed at securing a deal that would freeze
   parts of Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

   Araqchi said that "98 percent progress" had been achieved in the talks
   with Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States,
   adding there were only a few areas of disagreement remaining.
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