BEIJING, May 1 -- Iran announced on Saturday it will likely resume activities related to uranium enrichment, after talks with European negotiators yielded no results in London.

    "It's unlikely that uranium enrichment, as it is meant by enrichment, will be resumed, but it's likely that some activities will possibly restart," said Iran's top nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani

    France, Britain and Germany are seeking guarantees that Iran will not use its nuclear program to make weapons, as is suspected by Washington.

    The European countries want Tehran to abandon its enrichment activities permanently in exchange for economic aid, and technical support.

    Rowhani said restarting some nuclear activities does not mean Iran will end negotiations with the European powers.

    The United States last month agreed to support the EU diplomatic effort, but signalled Iran should quickly accept or face the threat of harsh UN Security Council sanctions. The US move has been rejected by Iran.

    "The Americans may intend to put obstacles in the way of negotiations whenever they want, but the current trend of talks will leave no place for Iran's nuclear case to be sent to the Security Council legally or technically," said Rowhani. 

    Iran maintains that its decision to suspend all uranium enrichment-related activities was voluntary and temporary, saying Tehran will never abandon enrichment permanently as it's a right under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.

    It has also warned that without success in negotiations with the Europeans soon, the talks would collapse.

    Iran agreed in November to temporarily freeze all activities related to its enrichment program.

    
(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)