AFP: UN atomic agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei called on Iran to finally allow access to sensitive sites and key people as his agency met Monday to consider sending Tehran before the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.

AFP: French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Monday European governments would “build an international consensus” over Iran’s nuclear programme and would take the matter to the United Nations Security Council if necessary.

AFP: Iran’s main opposition group demonstrated outside the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Vienna headquarters on Monday demanding Tehran be referred to the United Nations Security Council over its refusal to abandon its nuclear program.

AFP: Europe’s three biggest powers Monday distributed a draft resolution at the UN atomic watchdog calling for Iran to be reported to the UN Security Council this week over nuclear fuel work that could be weapons-related, diplomats told AFP.

The Times: Britain, France and Germany were drafting a resolution last night that would refer Iran to the United Nations for possible punitive sanctions because of Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme.

Reuters: The U.S. ambassador to the IAEA said on Monday that a referral of Iran to the U.N. Security Council for breach of international non-proliferation rules was “long overdue”.