伊朗国家电视台报导，伊朗首席核谈判代表赛义德.贾利利星期四将出访中国，目前国际社会对伊朗实施制裁的压力正日渐加剧。报导说，贾利利将在北京会见有关官员讨论伊朗的核活动。
中国是联合国安理会五个常任理事国之一，对安理会的决议有否决权。中国一直反对对伊朗进一步实施联合国制裁，并呼吁更多通过外交手段解决争端。美国总统奥巴马星期二说，如果伊朗继续进行敏感的核项目，他预期未来几个星期内将对伊朗实施联合国制裁。另外，八国集团外长星期二支持采取“适当和强硬的措施”以显示在伊朗问题上的决心。
美国一家电视台星期三报导，伊朗一位核科学家投奔美国，正在帮助美国的中央情报局。美国广播公司援引未透露姓名的消息人士的话说，伊朗核专家沙赫拉姆.阿米里2009年失踪，他长期以来一直计划逃离伊朗，现已在美国定居。
Iranian state television reports that chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, will travel to China Thursday, as international pressure for new sanctions against Iran intensifies. The report says Jalili will meet with officials in Beijing to discuss Tehran’s nuclear activities.
China is among five United Nations members with veto power over Security Council resolutions, and has resisted calls for additional U.N. sanctions against Iran, calling instead for more diplomatic efforts. President Barack Obama said Tuesday he expects new U.N. sanctions to be in place within weeks, if Tehran continues its sensitive nuclear work. Also Tuesday, Group of Eight ministers endorsed “appropriate and strong steps” to show resolve on Iran.
Separately Wednesday, a U.S. television network is reporting that an Iranian nuclear scientist has defected to the United States and is helping the Central Intelligence Agency. ABC News cites unnamed sources who say Shahram Amiri disappeared in 2009 as part of a long-planned operation to get him out of Iran and resettled in the United States.