New York Times: Five weeks after the world’s major powers offered Iran economic and political rewards if it agreed to freeze important nuclear activities, Iran has neither accepted nor rejected the offer, nor even set a date for when it would respond. And it has argued that the United States and its allies have set unrealistic preconditions for talks.

Reuters: The United States led pressure on Tuesday for Iran to face U.N. action after it defied calls for an early response to an offer of incentives aimed at ending a nuclear standoff.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 11 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Tehran would not back down an “iota” over its nuclear activities one day after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza demanded an “authoritative” response from the Islamic Republic to a UN Security Council package of incentives in return for it to suspend uranium enrichment.

Reuters: Iran and the European Union ended talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme on Tuesday with no clear indication of a result.

AFP: Iran and the West remain at odds over demands that Tehran suspend uranium enrichment, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday after the latest crisis talks with European officials.

AFP: Iranian opposition supporters held a small but noisy protest in Brussels on Tuesday demanding sanctions against Tehran to get it to curb its nuclear plans, as a key Iranian official held talks with the EU.