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Iran warning over UN resolution | Iran warning over UN resolution |
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Iran's top nuclear negotiator has said Tehran will review its ties with the IAEA unless Russian changes to a UN draft resolution on Iran are accepted. | |
Ali Larijani made the threat of reduced co-operation with the UN's nuclear watchdog before he began talks in Moscow on Iran's nuclear policies. | |
A resolution drafted by the UN Security Council's three EU members threatens sanctions over Iran's nuclear efforts. | A resolution drafted by the UN Security Council's three EU members threatens sanctions over Iran's nuclear efforts. |
But Russia says the text is too tough and is seeking a watered down version. | But Russia says the text is too tough and is seeking a watered down version. |
"We will review our relations with the IAEA if the UN accepts the Euro-troika resolution without taking into account the amendments made by Russia," Mr Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was quoted by Interfax news agency. | "We will review our relations with the IAEA if the UN accepts the Euro-troika resolution without taking into account the amendments made by Russia," Mr Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was quoted by Interfax news agency. |
'Work to continue' | 'Work to continue' |
Mr Larijani warned that even if the Russian changes to the draft are not included, the UN resolution "will not make Iran change its mind" about its nuclear programme. | Mr Larijani warned that even if the Russian changes to the draft are not included, the UN resolution "will not make Iran change its mind" about its nuclear programme. |
Iran says its enrichment work is aimed at generating electricity, but the US and other Western nations fear Iran is trying to acquire nuclear weapons. | Iran says its enrichment work is aimed at generating electricity, but the US and other Western nations fear Iran is trying to acquire nuclear weapons. |
"We have to find a logical way to solve this problem," Mr Larijani said. | "We have to find a logical way to solve this problem," Mr Larijani said. |
On Friday, Mr Larijani held talks behind closed doors with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. | |
Mr Lavrov said before the meeting that Moscow "invariably advocates a negotiated solution" to Iran's nuclear problem, Itar-Tass news agency reported. | |
Mr Larijani later began talks with the head of the Russian national security council, Igor Ivanov. | |
Russia, which has the power to veto UN Security Council resolutions, has significant economic ties to Tehran and is resisting any restrictions on its work to build a new nuclear reactor at Bushehr in Iran. | Russia, which has the power to veto UN Security Council resolutions, has significant economic ties to Tehran and is resisting any restrictions on its work to build a new nuclear reactor at Bushehr in Iran. |
Enrichment plan | Enrichment plan |
According to the RIA Novosti news agency, Mr Larijani also said that a Moscow proposal that it enrich uranium in Russia for Iran is still being considered. | According to the RIA Novosti news agency, Mr Larijani also said that a Moscow proposal that it enrich uranium in Russia for Iran is still being considered. |
"This proposal was never rejected and it remains on the negotiating table," the news agency quoted him as saying. | "This proposal was never rejected and it remains on the negotiating table," the news agency quoted him as saying. |
In October, Iran stepped up work to enrich uranium by activating a second cascade of centrifuges at its Natanz plant. | |
Feeding gas into centrifuges can produce fuel for nuclear power plants or, ultimately, atomic weapons. | Feeding gas into centrifuges can produce fuel for nuclear power plants or, ultimately, atomic weapons. |
The move was seen as an act of international defiance by Tehran, given demands by the UN Security Council that it suspend uranium enrichment. | The move was seen as an act of international defiance by Tehran, given demands by the UN Security Council that it suspend uranium enrichment. |
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