AP: Iran could amass enough nuclear material to build a bomb in about a year and with help might eventually be able to field a missile powerful enough to reach the United States, senior military and intelligence officials said.

BBC: The UN envoys of six major powers have resumed negotiations in New York on a possible Iran sanctions resolution, bolstered by the nuclear summit held in Washington earlier this week.

Reuters: Luxury carmaker Daimler became the latest German firm to reduce business ties with Iran in protest at its nuclear policy, a day after the U.S. called for swift sanctions to pressure Tehran.

AP: Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi says his country has produced five kilograms of 20 percent enriched uranium, a move in open defiance of the U.N. demands to halt the controversial program.

AFP: The United States seeks a new wave of UN sanctions on Iran "with a sense of urgency", a top US diplomat said Wednesday, while warning that even punishing measures will not sway Iran "overnight."

Washington Post: In what looks like a strong, budding friendship, China is increasingly buying Iranian oil and gas, participating in Iranian infrastructure projects. Yet, according to politicians, businessmen and analysts, few Iranians expect the growing ties to turn into a new, lasting political axis.