CNN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday dismissed Western proposals for his country to suspend its nuclear program as a condition for talks on Tehran’s atomic ambitions.

AP: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that the international community is determined to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

Reuters: Iran insisted on Saturday an escalating dispute with the West over its nuclear activity could be resolved by negotiation as its security chief arrived in Germany for meetings with European Union leaders.

Reuters: A senior U.S. official said on Friday that Iran is “digging a hole deeper and deeper for itself” in the international dispute over its atomic energy program.

Reuters: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has left Tehran to attend a conference in Munich where he plans to meet European officials, state television reported on Saturday.

New York Times: Iran talked about it, but China is now really doing it. Visitors to Guangdong Province in southeastern China can now add the Dayawan Nuclear Power Base to a growing list of local sights. Xinhua, the official news agency, reported that the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Company has opened an exhibition hall, a lookout point, a wharf and a road at China’s largest nuclear base by the South China Sea — all for tourists.

AP: Norway imposed economic sanctions on Iran on Friday, in line with a United Nations resolution that reprimands Tehran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, the Foreign Ministry said.

Reuters: The U.N. nuclear agency has cut back almost half its technical aid projects in Iran to uphold U.N. sanctions imposed on Tehran over its disputed atomic energy program, according to a report obtained by Reuters on Friday.