AFP: Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller on Tuesday described Iran’s decision to resume sensitive nuclear research as a “serious mistake.”

Reuters: Italy said on Wednesday it was deeply concerned by Iran’s decision to resumed nuclear fuel research, adding that relations between Tehran and the international community had entered a new stage.

AFP: Iran’s decision to resume sensitive nuclear research is “cause for alarm,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Wednesday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 11 – Iran’s former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani vowed on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic would never back down in its nuclear drive, even if it meant being faced with United Nations Security Council sanctions.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 11 – An Iranian exile who in the past has revealed critical aspects of Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons program said on Tuesday that Iran had built 5,000 centrifuges to be installed at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz.

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 11 – The South Korean government expressed “deep concern” on Wednesday over Iran’s decision to remove international inspectors’ seals at several of its nuclear sites “which the U.N. nuclear watchdog considers a cover for secret weapons development”.

Reuters: France, Britain and Germany cannot continue talks with Iran unless it promises not to begin enriching uranium, German Deputy Foreign Minister Gernot Erler said on Wednesday.