AFP: EU countries are considering a proposal from Britain to recall all their ambassadors from Iran in protest at the detention of British embassy employees, European diplomatic sources said Wednesday.

Reuters: Iran's armed forces chief of staff said on Wednesday the European Union was not qualified to hold talks over the country's disputed nuclear programme after what he called its interference in the Islamic state's affairs.

Reuters: A semi-official Iranian news agency said on Wednesday that one of three local British embassy staff in detention had had a "remarkable role" in last month's post-election unrest in the Islamic Republic.

AP: Iran's feared Basij militia asked the country's chief prosecutor Wednesday to investigate embattled opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi for his role in violent protests that it said undermined national security in the aftermath of last month's presidential election.

Washington Times: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged President Obama for two days to toughen his language on Iran before he did so, and then was surprised when he condemned Iran's crackdown on demonstrators last week, administration officials say.

AFP: Iran halted the publication of a reformist party newspaper after its defeated presidential candidate said he would refuse to recognise Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election, its website said.

The Times: It is called Press TV, is funded by the Iranian regime, and opponents say that from its nondescript offices off Hanger Lane in northwest London the 24-hour news station is beaming pro-Tehran propaganda into homes across Britain.