Reuters: Six major powers meet for the first time on Thursday over a European draft U.N. resolution banning Iranian trade on nuclear materials and ballistic missiles that has drawn criticism from the United States, diplomats said.

New York Times: The United States and three European allies have given Russia and China a draft text for a Security Council resolution against Iran’s nuclear program. The proposal includes the extraordinary step of preventing Iranian students from studying nuclear physics at foreign universities and colleges.

Wall Street Journal: The Bush administration has raised sharp but unspecified objections to a draft package of sanctions against Iran floated by European countries.

Reuters: European powers have given Russia and China a draft resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program but Washington has not agreed to all its provisions, diplomats said on Wednesday.

AFP: Key Western UN powers have presented China and Russia with a draft resolution mandating Security Council sanctions against Iran for failing to heed demands that it halt sensitive nuclear fuel work, diplomats said Wednesday.

AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called for the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution “now”, imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, or face losing its credibility.