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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051201/ts_afp/iranpoliticsnuclear_051201174437
Iran Offers Cold Comfort for Renewed EU Nuclear Talks
(AFP/Yahoo) Iran's hardline leaders appear more determined than ever to resist Western pressure over their disputed nuclear drive, raising the question of what any new talks with the EU could actually achieve. Britain, France, and Germany are still hoping to convince Iran to limit work on the nuclear fuel cycle as an "objective guarantee" the process will not be diverted to make weapons, but their offer of trade and other incentives has already been rejected. "We have sent a message to the Westerners that we will resist to the end in order to master civil nuclear technology and will not give up our rights," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said this week.