Iran Focus: London, Jan. 12 – The Czech Republic and Slovakia on Thursday added their voices to a chorus of international condemnation against Iran’s resumption of nuclear enrichment-related activities.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 12 – Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) Speaker vowed on Thursday that Iran would pursue nuclear research and development at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz and said that the European Union had to answer for why it had insisted that Tehran’s nuclear file be sent before the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions.

Reuters: U.S. Senator and former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said on Thursday that Iran was making a dangerous choice in pushing ahead with its nuclear ambitions.

Reuters: The European Union’s three biggest powers said on Thursday that talks with Iran had reached a dead end and agreed it should be hauled before the United Nations Security Council over its nuclear program.

AFP: Russia said Thursday that Iran’s decision to resume sensitive atomic research fed suspicions that the Islamic republic may secretly be aiming to build nuclear weapons and strengthened arguments for referring the issue to the UN Security Council.

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 12 – The United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan voiced concern on Wednesday over Iran’s decision to break the seals of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz.