AP: Iran's official news agency says Tehran has proposed building joint light-water nuclear power plants with neighboring Arab countries.

Reuters: Iran is showing "utter disrespect" for the U.N. nuclear watchdog by ignoring unanswered questions about its atomic programme, European powers said on Thursday.

Reuters: The British ambassador was summoned to Iran's Foreign Ministry this week over British comments about Tehran's disputed nuclear work, state media said.

AFP: Allegations of illicit nuclear programmes by Syria and Iran came under the spotlight Thursday at a crunch meeting of the UN's atomic watchdog.

Reuters: Russia will complete Iran's first nuclear power plant in 2009, Itar-Tass news agency quoted the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation as saying on Thursday.

New York Times: Iran said Wednesday its main uranium-enrichment plant was now equipped with 5,000 centrifuges — a sharp increase from the 4,000 it announced in August. machines that spin incredibly fast to enrich the element into nuclear fuel.

Daily Telegraph: Iran has claimed that its nuclear programme now has 5,000 centrifuges to produce enriched uranium.

Reuters: Iran now has 5,000 working uranium enrichment centrifuges, a senior official was quoted as saying on Wednesday, signalling an expansion of work the West fears is aimed at making nuclear bombs.

AFP: Iran now has more than 5,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges in operation, as it pushes ahead with its controversial nuclear programme, the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation chief said on Wednesday.

Reuters: Iran has successfully launched a rocket called "Kavosh 2," Iran's state media reported on Wednesday, displaying the Islamic state's advances in ballistics at a time when the West is worried about its nuclear ambitions.