AFP: France on Tuesday rejected a proposal from Iran to set up a consortium to produce enriched uranium on Iranian soil as a way out of the international impasse over Tehran’s suspect nuclear programme.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 03 – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani spoke to European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana late Monday by telephone, the official news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday.

Reuters: Six world powers are preparing to draft U.N. sanctions against Iran given the failure of high level talks so far to yield an Iranian promise to halt sensitive atomic work, a senior British official said on Tuesday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 03 – Russian Security Council chief Igor Ivanov is due in Tehran on Tuesday to meet and hold talks with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, the official news agency IRNA reported.

Washington Times: The United States is confident that Russia and China will join it in pushing for U.N. sanctions against Iran if it does not agree to suspend enriching uranium this week, a senior U.S. official said yesterday.

Reuters: Iran has proposed France create a consortium to enrich uranium for Tehran’s nuclear programme in an effort to end the stand off over the Islamic state’s atomic ambitions, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday.

Reuters: The international community will have no choice but to impose sanctions on Iran if it fails to suspend uranium enrichment, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday.