AFP: The watchdog UN atomic agency will meet next Tuesday following Iran’s threats to resume sensitive nuclear fuel cycle work, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
spokesman said Friday.

Reuters: The European Union on Friday insisted Iran give up nuclear fuel work and called an urgent meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog that could refer Tehran to the U.N. Security Council for sanctions. But a senior Iranian nuclear negotiator said the Islamic Republic would resume work at a nuclear fuel plant regardless of EU proposals for political and economic incentives that offered support for the building of nuclear power stations.

AFP: Speaking shortly after the European Union submitted proposals aimed at ending the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Friday he hoped Tehran would “hear the voice of reason” and abandon its uranium conversion plans. If it did not, he warned in an interview with Europe 1 radio, it was certain that Iran would be hauled before the UN Security Council, where it would face possible sanctions.

Reuters: Britain, France and Germany submitted proposals to Iran on Friday for economic and political cooperation meant to persuade Tehran to abandon all activities which might be used to make a nuclear bomb. Iran repeatedly threatened this week to resume uranium processing, a move that would end two years of talks and could lead to its referral to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions.

Financial Times: Nearly two years of delicate negotiations between Iran and the European Union over the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme could be on the point of collapse today, setting the scene for a confrontation at the United Nations. Senior Iranian officials told the Financial Times that talks with France, Germany and the UK – the EU3 – would be over if their latest proposed incentives did not give approval for Tehran to resume work at a key facility at Isfahan.

New York Times: In a first test of the new leadership in Iran, European negotiators have prepared a sweeping proposal that raises the possibility of Iran acquiring nuclear reactors and fuel, and of achieving a full political and economic relationship with the West, if it ends nuclear activities suspected to be part of a weapons program, Western diplomats said Thursday.

BBC: European Union officials have called for an emergency meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog to discuss the stand-odd over Iran programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors is due to take place next week but the date has not been set, a spokesman said. Britain, France, Germany and the EU have warned Iran against re-starting the enrichment of uranium.