Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 – Iran’s top nuclear negotiator once again rejected a demand by the United Nations Security Council for Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment, state television reported on Tuesday.

AFP: Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Iran on Tuesday to accept an international plan for resolving the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear project and to start negotiations as soon as possible, preferably before the G8 summit next week.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 – The European Union’s foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani will likely meet in Brussels on Wednesday, the government-run news agency Fars reported on Tuesday.

Reuters: China urged Iran on Tuesday to respond to a package of incentives to stop enriching uranium and called on G8 powers to show patience, saying the standoff over Iran’s nuclear plans had entered a crucial phase.

Reuters: A senior Iranian nuclear official said on Monday that suspending uranium enrichment, as demanded by six world powers in return for incentives, was not on Iran’s agenda, Iran’s student news agency ISNA reported.

AP: Western powers will reactivate efforts to punish Iran through possible U.N. Security Council sanctions unless it suspends uranium enrichment and agrees to talks on its nuclear program by July 12, diplomats said Monday.