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 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran insisted that its decision to lift a suspension on uranium reprocessing activities should not be cause for alarm, but said Tuesday it wanted to push Europe to make concessions in negotiations over its nuclear program.
Reprocessing is an early step in preparing uranium for conversion into the materials necessary to produce fuel for energy — as Iran says its program is designed for. It also can be used to create nuclear weapons, as the United States accuses Tehran of intending to do.
Iran suspended reprocessing and the more advanced step of enriching uranium amid fragile negotiations with European nations, which are trying to reach a deal ensuring Iran's nuclear program is peaceful. Those talks are deadlocked.
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