Sunday Times: Iran is expected to thwart American attempts to send its nuclear dossier to the United Nations Security Council this week, despite a fresh flurry of concerns about its apparent ambitions to make a bomb. Iran has pledged to suspend all activities linked to uranium enrichment — an important stage on the way to making a bomb — under a tentative deal last week with Britain, France and Germany.

New York Times: President Bush heightened the administration’s pressure on Iran on Saturday by using his first summit meeting since he won re-election to accuse Iran of speeding the production of the raw material used to produce fuel for a nuclear weapon, calling it “a very serious matter.”

Reuters: President Bush on Saturday warned Iran of growing international concern over reports that Tehran is preparing large amounts of uranium for an enrichment process that can be used to make nuclear weapons. “This is a very serious matter …”

The Guardian: A breakthrough deal between Iran and the EU aimed at defusing an international crisis over Tehran’s alleged nuclear ambitions was thrown into uncertainty last night when diplomats said Iran was rushing to process feed material for the manufacture of bomb-grade uranium.

Los Angeles Times: Secretary of State Colin L. Powell stands by his charge that Iran is working on a missile system to
deliver a nuclear bomb and believes the intelligence he cited in making the accusation is sound, State Department officials said Friday.

Daily Telegraph: A briefing war erupted in Washington yesterday over the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions and how to counter them – a debate reminiscent of the countdown to the invasion of Iraq. Washington has been thrown into a frenzy following Secretary of State Colin Powell’s remarks that Iran is studying how to equip a missile with a nuclear bomb.

Washington Post: Despite promises to freeze its nuclear programs, Iran has continued to convert uranium for enrichment, diplomats in Washington and Vienna said yesterday, a situation that they said signals potential trouble for a new and still untested agreement between the Islamic republic and European countries.