The Security Council imposed sanctions on Iran in December for refusin= g to suspend enrichment, and modestly increased them in March after Tehra= n stepped up the program. Iran responded by giving the U.N. nuclear watch= dog less access to its nuclear facilities.

IRNA, the official news agency, reported Wednesday that Khamenei had t= old Putin that U.S. demands had no limits but that Iran won't seek advent= urism.

On Tuesday in Tehran, Putin warned the United States not to use a form= er Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran.

"We are certainly concerned about the impact for fans. So far we've be= en assured the disruptions should be manageable but it remains to be seen= ," Jessica Chambers, a spokeswoman for the England Rugby Supporters Club.=

Only one in four trains will be running on Thursday, including suburba= n services linking Paris to its three international airports, she said.

A police officer and the woman's lawyer also were injured, but not ser= iously, police said.

Trains across France and the Metro -- Paris's subway system -- are exp= ected to come to a halt starting Wednesday night, Ricard said.

Eurostar has advised its customers to avoid all travel on Thursday and= it has cancelled some of its trains on Thursday and Friday.

Prompted by government attempts to cut pension privileges, the strikes= will be for 24 hours but could be prolonged to Friday, Ricard said.

Railway workers will join bus, power, gas and some state employees for= the action called after President Nicolas Sarkozy refused to back down o= ver planned pension reforms, according to Monique Ricard, spokeswoman for= the French railway SNCF.

"The main reason for Putin's visit to Iran was to convey this message = personally to the ultimate power inIran," one official said.

About 80,000 rugby fans are expected to attend Saturday's World Cup fi= nal between England and South Africa.

The man and his wife were attending a court hearing in Reggio Emilia a= s part of separation proceedings when he pulled out a gun and pointed it = at his wife and her brother, then started shooting randomly, police said.=

Commercial flights to the French capital were sold out, while thousand= s of England supporters have booked to travel on the Eurostar rail servic= e from London to Paris.

Vladimir Putin's visit was the first by a Kremlin leader to Iran since= 1943.

Police were investigating how the man managed to take a weapon into th= e courtroom in Reggio Emilia, a city about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north= west of Bologna.