BEIJING, Aug. 9 -- Iran has restarted a nuclear facility for uranium conversion, saying the process is for producing nuclear fuel.

    Tehran said Monday's resumption would not include the enrichment of uranium. Iran denies any plans to build nuclear weapons, but it said it's determined to benefit from peaceful nuclear technology.

    Meanwhile, Iranian parlianment spokesman, Haddad Adel, demanded the European Union resort to logical argument instead of a threatening approach when handling this issue.

    "We expect the Europeans to be rational because when we speak based on logical arguments, we can solve all problems. But if logical arguments are replaced with a threatening approach, then I should say that the Iranian nation will defend its independence." Adel said.

    The Iranian nuclear issue this week moves to the UN atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is to meet on Tuesday to consider Iran's nuclear activities.
    
    Meanwhile, Germany is urging Iran to carefully consider EU proposals designed to make sure Tehran doesn't produce nuclear weapons. Germany's Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer says that Iran's restarting of uranium production brings risks that Iran in his words "should consider a step in the wrong direction."

    "The negotiations have been difficult from the start and are difficult still. But I believe that it was, and is, right to do whatever possible to prevent a wrong development with fatal consequences. Iran is a neighbouring region and an arms race will affect our region directly." Fischer said.

    Iran resumed uranium conversion activities Monday at Isfahan nuclear facility in central Iran, a step that Europeans and the United States warned would prompt them to seek UN sanctions against Tehran.
    
    The International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board of governors will hold an emergency session Tuesday to consider whether to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council, which could impose economic sanctions.

    (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)