AP: Iran on Tuesday urged China to resist pressure by the United States and its allies for new sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.

New York Times: In the Iranian desert, at a sprawling industrial site ringed by barbed wire and antiaircraft guns, a shift in the enrichment of uranium is producing global jitters because it could shorten Iran’s path to the acquisition of nuclear weapons.

AFP: Gabon will "work closely" with the United States and others to pressure Iran to comply with UN demands over its nuclear program, Gabonese President Ali Bongo said Monday.

Reuters: China's Foreign Minister said on Sunday new sanctions on Iran will not solve the standoff over its nuclear program, while chiding the United States after two months of tensions between the big powers.

Washington Post: The Obama administration is pushing to carve out an exemption for China and other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council from legislation pending in the Senate and the House that would tighten sanctions on companies doing business in Iran, administration and congressional sources said.

AFP: Western nations pitched new sanctions against Iran in the Security Council Thursday amid signs that several members are reluctant to back a fourth round of punitive measures to deter Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

AP: China said Thursday it will continue to push for a diplomatic resolution to the Iranian nuclear standoff, rebuffing efforts by Western powers to introduce a new set of sanctions against Iran.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 03 - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gloated on Wednesday that all serious threats against his government's nuclear program have been thwarted, state media reported.

AFP: The United States and the European Union said Wednesday that there must be more sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme standoff if diplomacy fails to shift Tehran.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 03 - Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh on Wednesday criticised the IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano's report on Iran’s nuclear file for opening doors which had already been closed by Iran, state media reported.