Reuters: There is a growing international consensus that Iran will almost inevitably develop a nuclear weapon, a leading think tank said on Wednesday.

Reuters: World powers said after a meeting on Wednesday they made progress but failed to reach a consensus on a package of incentives and threats to prevent Iran from being able to build a nuclear bomb.

Reuters: The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency on Wednesday said he discussed Iran’s nuclear views with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after talks with Tehran’s negotiator, Ali Larijani.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 24 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic had mastered the full nuclear fuel cycle. He also warned the West that it would get a “lasting and historic slap” from Tehran if it used force to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

The Independent: In a move that is raising hackles in Moscow, the US is proposing to install an anti-missile defence system in central Europe to counter any future attack from a nuclear-armed Iran.