Iran denounces ban as 'illegal'

Monday, September 20, 2004

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran on Sunday denounced as "illegal" demands from the U.N. atomic watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment -- a technology that can be used for nuclear weapons -- and threatened to limit cooperation with the agency if it moves toward sanctions. But Iran's top nuclear negotiator, stopped short of outright rejection of the International Atomic Energy Agency's demands and held out the possibility of negotiations on the issue.

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