Iran Focus: Brussels, Apr. 29 The European Parliament adopted a resolution yesterday, calling on Iran to end its increasing human rights violations. The EP resolution said
New York Times: A day before major negotiations were to resume in London over Iran’s nuclear program, the foreign minister increased the pressure for a quick deal, warning that his country would resume uranium enrichment if there was no progress Friday in the discussions. 
Reuters: The Russian nuclear fuel trader TVEL should start fuel shipments for a Moscow-built nuclear reactor in Iran six months before the unit becomes operational in early 2006, a senior company official said on Thursday. Russia is building a 1,000-megawatt nuclear plant in Iran despite strong opposition from the United States, which believes Iran could use Russian know-how to make nuclear weapons.
Reuters: A German crane on a ship to Iran is testing a U.S.-led global agreement to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
AFP: A key Iranian negotiator Thursday said Tehran was “very pessimistic” on the eve of new talks on his country’s controversial nuclear programme with the EU which he said had been dragging its feet. “Up until now and from the start of the process, especially since the Paris meeting (March 23), the Europeans have not undertaken any serious step to bring it to a close,” said Hossein Mussavian, spokesman for the negotiating team. 
Reuters: Iran will restart its uranium enrichment program if talks with European Union heavyweights France, Britain and Germany fail on Friday, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said on Thursday. “If there is no agreement and negotiations collapse, there is no choice but to restart the program,” Kharrazi told reporters in The Hague after talks with his Dutch counterpart Bernard Bot. 
Bloomberg: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Iran must do more to assure the world that its nuclear program is peaceful and not designed to build a bomb. Putin, speaking today at a news conference in Jerusalem, said Iran must go beyond the agreement it signed in February to return the spent nuclear fuel it buys from Russia. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Apr. 27 Todays world is suffering from the legitimising of fascism and I am astounded that the United Nations General Secretary is leading the way in this regard, Mohammad Khatami, the Iranian regimes president, said today. Khatami made the spiteful comments against Kofi Annan as he was receiving honorary international relations doctorate from Tehran University. Iran Focus: Tehran, Apr. 27 Todays world is suffering from the legitimising of fascism and I am astounded that the United Nations General Secretary is leading the way in this regard, Mohammad Khatami, the Iranian regimes president, said today. Khatami made the spiteful comments against Kofi Annan as he was receiving honorary international relations doctorate from Tehran University. 
AFP: Iran warned Thursday that it could review its participation in negotiations with European states over its controverisal nuclear activities if there is no progress in the next round of talks. “The negotiations will go on if there is progress at (Friday’s) meeting,” said Ali Agha-Mohammadi, a spokesman for supreme national security council which is charge of the nuclear dossier. 
