Agence France Presse - US President George W. Bush on Friday accused Iran of being the world's "premier state sponsor of terror" and warned the United States would not let Tehran develop nuclear weapons.

The Associated Press - Talks with Iran on a Russian proposal aimed at resolving an international crisis over Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program are not going easily, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.

"The talks are not going easily but we are counting on reaching a positive result," Putin told journalists on a visit to Azerbaijan.

By Peter Finn

The Washington Post, MOSCOW -- Iran continued Tuesday to parry a Russian offer to enrich uranium on Russian soil for its nuclear energy program, putting off any move to finalize a deal because it has no real incentive to bend yet, according to diplomats and Russian analysts.

By Gareth Harding

The United Press International, BRUSSELS -- Europeans are supposed to prefer soft to hard power, jaw-jaw to war-war and appeasement to confrontation. In short, in the words of neo-conservative scholar Robert Kagan: \'Americans are from Mars; Europeans are from Venus.\'

By Mark Beunderman

EU Observer, BRUSSELS - The Iranian foreign minister Manuchehr Mottaki meeting MEPs on Monday (20 February) said a Russian compromise on Tehran's nuclear programme "could be acceptable" - but Moscow's hopes are limited.

NCRI - Khalil Dolaimi, head of the defense council in the former Iraqi officials' tribunal, said the Iranian regime had offered them millions of dollars to blame the chemical bombing of Halabja on the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran.

Reuters - The American ambassador to Iraq accused Iran on Monday of training and providing weapons to militias operating in Iraq.

"Iran has another policy as well: to work with militias, provide training and provide weapons to extremist groups, direct and indirectly," Zalmay Khalilzad told reporters after a news conference.

By Colin Freeman and Philip Sherwell in Washington

The Sunday Telegraph - Iran's hardline spiritual leaders have issued an unprecedented new fatwa, or holy order, sanctioning the use of atomic weapons against its enemies.

By Dan Robinson

Voice of America - The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a non-binding resolution condemning Iran over its nuclear program, and calling for international sanctions to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.