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1　News List  Iran delivers new blow  NUCLEAR DISPUTE Tehran said
that it might accept Moscow's proposal to enrich uranium in
Russia, but only if the right to conduct enrichment in Iran was
recognized   Iran yesterday dealt a new blow to a compromise
offer from Russia on its nuclear program, saying it would only
consider such a deal if it acknowledged the Islamic republic's
right to enrich uranium on Iranian soil.  "As we said before, we
want to have enrichment inside Iran ... and any proposal which
is based on this principle will be studied," government
spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham told reporters.  "We are studying
the Russian proposal based on this framework," he said. "The
government will never give up its principles."  Moscow has
suggested allowing Iran to conduct uranium enrichment in Russia,
giving the country access to the nuclear fuel cycle while
guaranteeing that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
The Russian proposal seeks