Reuters: Iran is seeking exemptions from a deal to suspend sensitive nuclear activities that could be used to make weapons just three days after it came into force, the head of
AFP: Iran’s promised suspension of uranium enrichment is not yet complete as it still wants to use 20 centrifuge devices for research, UN atomic agency chief Mohamed ElBardadei said, reporting a deadlock Thursday as his agency met on Tehran’s nuclear program. 
AFP: Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Thursday criticised an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution on its nuclear activities drawn up by Britain, France and Germany, state television reported. 
New York Times: The recent nuclear accord European officials signed with Iran appears to have halted Tehran’s uranium enrichment program at least temporarily, but it leaves Iran free to make plutonium, which can also be used as fuel for nuclear weapons, diplomats and arms experts say.
New York Times: Iran is demanding the right to operate uranium enrichment equipment for research purposes,
AFP: The European Union lodged a formal protest with Iranian authorities Wednesday over the arrest and harassment of journalists, staff of non-governmental organisations and members of religious minorities. “The European Union has protested in general the arrest and harassment of journalists, Internet technicians and NGO activists … for expressing their views, and has urged the immediate release of those who are still detained, often in unknown locations,” said a statement from the embassy of the Netherlands. 
The Times: Iran has raised last-minute objections to the wording of an agreement to limit its controversial nuclear programme, raising fears of a confrontation tomorrow at a key meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). 
Reuters: Iran “vigorously” pursued programs to produce nuclear, chemical and biological weapons during the latter part of 2003 and was working to improve delivery systems, a CIA report said on Tuesday. 
Reuters: An Iranian exile group said on Wednesday Iran had taken steps to “sanitize” a military plant where it said Tehran had been making bomb-grade uranium for use in nuclear weapons. Iran denies it is trying to make an atomic bomb, saying its nuclear ambitions are purely peaceful to generate electricity. 
New York Times: A new report from the Central Intelligence Agency says that the Pakistani arms trafficking network led by A. Q. Khan provided Iran’s nuclear program with “significant assistance,” including the designs for “advanced and efficient” weapons components. The unclassified version of report, posted today on the agency’s Web site (www.cia.gov), does not explicitly say whether Mr. Khan’s network had sold Iran … 
