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New York Times reported that Iran removed UN seals from its Isfahan nuclear site, bringing it to full operation.

“Iran removed seals today that had been placed by United Nations inspectors at its nuclear site and brought the plant into full operation … The removal of seals was criticized by European and American officials who are pressuring Iran to resume the voluntary suspension of nuclear activities. The International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna confirmed that Iran had removed the seals at the Isfahan facility … ” read the article

AFP reported Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad saying Israel must be “wiped off from the map.”

“Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has openly called for Israel to be ‘wiped off the map.’” read the article

Washington Post covered the IAEA reporting Iran to UN Security Council, citing “many failures and breaches of its obligations.”

“The United Nations nuclear agency reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council … [T]he board's resolution cited ‘Iran's many failures and breaches of its obligations to comply’ with the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the ‘absence of confidence that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes resulting from the history of concealment.’” read the article

AP reported that Iran ended its cooperation with the IAEA

“Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran had implemented the president’s orders to end voluntary cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had ordered the move Saturday … It means Iran will resume uranium enrichment and will no longer allow snap IAEA inspections of its nuclear facilities ...” read the article

IHT reported Ahmadinejad’s announcement that Iran had successfully enriched uranium and “joined the nuclear countries of the world.”

“Iran announced Tuesday that its nuclear engineers had advanced to a new phase in the enrichment of uranium, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a series of the country's ruling clerics declared that the nation would now speed ahead, in defiance of a United Nations Security Council warning, to produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale. ‘Iran has joined the nuclear countries of the world,’ Ahmadinejad said …” read the article

Reuters reported UN Security Council resolution—passed 14-1—demanding Iran suspend nuclear activities

“The U.N. Security Council Monday adopted a resolution demanding that Iran suspend its nuclear activities by the end of August or face possible sanctions. … The document demands Iran ‘suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development.’ If Tehran did not comply by Aug. 31, the council would consider adopting ‘appropriate measures’ under Article 41 of Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which pertains to economic sanctions.” read the article

CNN reported that UN Security Council unanimously passed sanctions against Iran for “failing to stop its uranium enrichment and come back to the negotiating table.”

RICHARD ROTH, CNN: “The vote was 15-0, but of course there were a lot of disagreements behind the scenes over the last few days, but the U.S., Britain, France fought hard and achieved this unanimous measure against Iran for failing to stop its uranium enrichment work and come back to the negotiating table and work for peaceful purposes … After two months of negotiations, the Security Council has spoken out and sent a message to the Iranian government.” read the article

AP reported the UN Security Council passing a second round of sanctions against Iran

“The UN Security Council has tonight voted unanimously to impose moderately tougher sanctions against Iran, hoping to send Tehran a strong message that it will grow more isolated by refusing to suspend nuclear enrichment. The 15 members of the Security Council approved a ban on Iranian arms exports and a freeze of the assets of 28 additional people and organizations involved in Iran's nuclear and missile programs. … ‘This resolution sends an unambiguous signal to the government and people of Iran ... that the path of nuclear proliferation by Iran is not one that the international community can accept,’ said British ambassador Emyr Jones Parry.” read the article

New York Times reported Ahmadinejad’s announcement that Iran had 3,000 active centrifuges to enrich uranium.

“‘The West thought the Iranian nation would give in after just a resolution, but now we have taken another step in the nuclear progress and launched more than 3,000 centrifuge machines, installing a new cascade every week,’ state television quoted the president as saying.

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