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Iran rules out halting sensitive nuclear work

TEHRAN
Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:10am EDT
Iranian government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham talks to journalists at his weekly news conference in Tehran November 13, 2007. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran rejected on Saturday any suspension of its nuclear enrichment program, after the EU's top diplomat handed Tehran a world powers' offer of economic benefits to try and persuade it to stop such work.

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"If the package (from six major powers) includes suspension it is not debatable at all," government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham told reporters.

(Reporting by Hashem Kalentari and Parisa Hafezi; Writing by Fredrik Dahl)



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