Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 – A new round of talks will be held between Iranian officials and representatives from Britain, France, and Germany – the European Union three – seeking to diffuse the international standoff over the Islamic Republic’s sensitive nuclear work, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

AP: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John R. Bolton said Friday he expects Iran’s disputed atomic program to ultimately go before the U.N. Security Council, but acknowledged that doing so wouldn’t necessarily stop Iran from pursuing its nuclear ambitions.

AP: U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday called on the United States to provide Iran with nuclear reactors and urged Tehran to declare a moratorium on enriching uranium for at least eight years.

New York Times: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator on Friday cast doubts on a Russian proposal to end the international standoff over Iran’s nuclear program, but he did not shut the door on it entirely, saying Iran was willing to continue discussing it.

Reuters: The U.S. Senate on Friday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Iran for its nuclear program and backing efforts to report it to the U.N. Security Council.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 27 – Iran’s former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Friday that the European Union was making a mistake in attempting to refer the Islamic Republic’s nuclear file to the United Nations Security Council.