VIENNA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Monday afternoon decided that it will not submit Iran's nuclear issue to the UN Security Council for discussion.

    However, the IAEA's governing body adopted a resolution at its meeting, urging Iran to continue and extend its suspension of all nuclear enrichment related and reprocessing activities.

    On Sunday, Iran backed down on a demand to exempt some equipment from the freeze on uranium enrichment that can make atomic bombs, paving the way for the adoption of the resolution.

    Early this month, Iran reached an agreement with France, Germany and Britain to suspend as of Nov. 22 all its uranium enrichment-related activities, including making uranium gas and building centrifuges.

    Uranium is enriched to generate atomic power, but when highly enriched it can be used in a nuclear warhead.

    The US accuses Iran of secretly pursuing nuclear weapons and has pushed the international community to take a hard line.

    Iran, which insists its program is peaceful, said that the suspension will be brief, voluntary, and contingent on what Europedoes next. Iranian hard-liners accused the government of sacrificing Iran's rights by agreeing to suspend enrichment activities. Enditem