Reuters: U.S. sanctions have hit the European operations of Iran’s Bank Sepah hard, despite Tehran’s contention the penalties have had little impact and initial U.S. concern they did not go far enough, Western diplomats say.

The Independent: We are in a makeshift ladies’ changing room, putting on protective clothing for a tour of the throbbing heart of Iran’s nuclear programme.

The Guardian: In the bowels of Iran’s uranium conversion facility in Isfahan strands of black and red wire stretch from the concrete wall to giant white tanks full of a volatile uranium compound. It is by these slender cords that the international community hopes to hold Iran’s atomic ambitions in check.