Press Association: New EU sanctions on Iran will have no effect on its nuclear activities, the country's president said.
Iran defiant on EU sanctions
U.S. and allies stress diplomacy in Iran nuclear row
Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush believes the Iran nuclear issue can be solved diplomatically and that U.S. allies including Israel favour the same approach, the White House said on Wednesday.
Iranian engineer pleads guilty in nuke plant case
AP: An Iranian engineer has pleaded guilty to transporting stolen property he obtained at a former job at the largest nuclear plant in the United States.
Coalition of the ineffectual
Washington Post – By Richard Perle: "A successful multilateral coalition" is how Condoleezza Rice described those countries, "united in confronting Iran," on which the administration's Iran policy critically depends. "A complete failure" is Barack Obama's description of the Bush administration's Iran policy.
Iran issues warning over nuclear program
AP: Iran's parliament speaker on Wednesday warned that the West could face a "done deal" if it provokes Iran, in a rare hint by an Iranian official that Tehran could build nuclear weapons if attacked.
Syria planned to supply Iran with nuclear fuel, Israel says
The Guardian: Israel believes that Syria was planning to supply Iran with spent nuclear fuel for reprocessing into weapons-grade plutonium from the site it bombed last September, and which is currently being inspected by the UN's nuclear watchdog.
US military chief to visit Israel for talks on Iran
Daily Telegraph: The head of America's armed forces will make a hastily-arranged visit to Israel this week, fuelling speculation about a possible Washington-sanctioned Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear programme.
Man arrested in Germany over Iran rocket materials
Reuters: German authorities have arrested a 62-year-old man they suspect of organizing the sale of rocket-building materials to Iran in violation of German law and western embargoes.
Iran to give severe response to any attack: agency
Reuters: Iran's Revolutionary Guards will give a "severe" response if the Islamic Republic is attacked, the force's commander said on Tuesday.
Israel ‘will attack Iran’ before new US president sworn in, John Bolton predicts
Daily Telegraph: John Bolton, the former American ambassador to the United Nations, has predicted that Israel could attack Iran after the November presidential election but before George W Bush's successor is sworn in.
