Reuters: The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany will call for Iran to be hauled before the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear programme when they meet in Berlin on Thursday, EU diplomats said.
EU3 to discuss UN sanctions on Iran
North Korea and Iran win special notice at spy center
New York Times: The director of national intelligence, John D. Negroponte, has created new “mission managers” for Iran and North Korea, adding those two countries to a short list of top-priority challenges for American intelligence agencies.
Iran’s nuclear challenge
Washington Post – Editorial: Iran’s resumption of uranium enrichment dramatically narrows the options of Western governments that hope to prevent its Islamic regime from acquiring nuclear weapons. The breaking of seals at its Natanz plant Tuesday directly violated an agreement Tehran struck with Britain, France and Germany in 2004 to suspend its enrichment program; that should end European hopes that economic favors could be exchanged for a permanent freeze.
Russia won’t block U.S. on Iran
Washington Post: The Bush administration, working intensely to galvanize international pressure on Iran, has secured a guarantee from Russia that it will not block U.S. efforts to take Tehran’s nuclear case to the U.N. Security Council, American and European officials said yesterday.
Ahmadinejad: Iran to have full nuclear power in near future
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 11 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic would obtain nuclear capabilities in the near future.
Ahmadinejad: Iran to have full nuclear power in near future
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 11 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic would obtain nuclear capabilities in the near future.
Blair to push for Security Council action on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 11 British Prime Minister Tony Blair described on Wednesday Irans resumption of nuclear enrichment-related activities at Natanz as very serious and said that London was pushing for Tehrans nuclear file to be referred to the United Nations Security Council.
Blair to push for Security Council action on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 11 British Prime Minister Tony Blair described on Wednesday Irans resumption of nuclear enrichment-related activities at Natanz as very serious and said that London was pushing for Tehrans nuclear file to be referred to the United Nations Security Council.
Denmark says Iran making ‘serious mistake’
AFP: Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller on Tuesday described Iran’s decision to resume sensitive nuclear research as a “serious mistake.”
Iran’s relations with world enter new phase: Italy
Reuters: Italy said on Wednesday it was deeply concerned by Iran’s decision to resumed nuclear fuel research, adding that relations between Tehran and the international community had entered a new stage.


