Washington Post: The U.N. Security Council has imposed three rounds of sanctions against Iran in an attempt to curtail the country’s nuclear ambitions, but U.S. efforts to isolate Tehran through tough, broad U.N. resolutions have yielded relatively incremental measures that mainly target Iran’s most sensitive nuclear activities.

The Times: It is a diplomatic coup for those opposed to Iran’s nuclear ambitions to have managed to get such broad support for a third round of United Nations sanctions. The vote, of 14 members in favour, with only Indonesia abstaining, represented a triumph of bargaining over the past 72 hours and a clear rebuff to Iranian nuclear ambitions.

Washington Post: The United Nations imposed new sanctions on Iran yesterday, capping a year of difficult diplomacy that may represent the Bush administration’s final bid to mobilize international action against Tehran over its controversial nuclear program.

Reuters: A new round of sanctions imposed on Iran by the U.N. Security Council for refusing to suspend nuclear enrichment will not affect China’s trade with that country, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.

New York Times: The Security Council on Monday adopted its third resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its refusal to cease enriching uranium, an activity that the West suspects Iran may be using to create fuel for a nuclear weapon.

Washington Times: The U.N. Security Council voted 14-0 yesterday to expand sanctions on Iran, while the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said scientists in Iran have continued to study “weaponization” of nuclear material.

Reuters: Russia urged Iran on Tuesday to abide by the latest U.N. Security Council resolution which imposed a third round of sanctions on the Islamic Republic for its refusal to suspend sensitive nuclear activities.