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.

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 04 – Iran continued its nuclear brinkmanship on Thursday with a new threat to restart uranium enrichment at its massive nuclear enrichment site in Natanz, central Iran. Hossein Moussavian, a leading nuclear negotiator for the Islamic Republic, told the state television, “If the Europeans call an extraordinary meeting [of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency”>, that will be a violation of all international rules and they should not expect us to continue the suspension of our activities at
the Natanz enrichment plant”.