TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Iran on Monday described the latest agreement with the European Union (EU) on Tehran's nuclear activities as the best possible decision, the official IRNA news agency reported.

   "The text of the agreement would be announced this afternoon (on Monday)," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi was quoted as saying.

   "The present agreement reached between Iran and the three European countries (of France, Germany and Britain) differs from the previous ones," Asefi said.

   "In the past, Europe and a number of other countries expected Iran to completely stop its nuclear programs, but now they are concentrating on how Tehran proceeds with its nuclear activities to remove the anxieties of other countries," Asefi explained.

   Asefi noted that the agreement stresses Iran's right to gain access to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, underlining that the agreement had never crossed Iran's red lines of entailing permanent suspension of uranium enrichment activities.

   "This means that no rights of Iran has been neglected," Asefi said.

   The spokesman, meanwhile, stressed that the suspension of the activities related to uranium enrichment, which was announced by chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani and declared in a letter to the UN nuclear watchdog, was a "voluntary" move.

   "Iran will start its voluntary suspension program on a fixed date," Asefi said.

   Based on a "preliminary agreement" reached at the negotiations in Paris on Nov. 6, Iran and the European trio on Thursday in Tehran kicked off sequel discussions on the details of the agreement related to the Islamic Republic's suspension of uranium enrichment.

   As a result of the four-day talks, Rowhani said on Sunday evening that Iran had agreed to suspend almost all of the activities related to uranium enrichment.

   The International Atomic Energy Agency will hold a meeting on Nov. 25, with Iran's nuclear program high on the agenda.

   If Iran fails to clear itself on the purpose of its nuclear research, its case will possibly be referred to the UN Security Council, which may inflict harsh sanctions on the country.

   Tehran has been asserting that its nuclear research is fully peaceful.  Enditem