TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- The last seals on Iran's uranium conversion facilities in the central city Isfahan were removed by UN nuclear watchdog inspectors Wednesday afternoon, marking a complete unsealing of the sensitive nuclear site, state television reported.

    "The last of the seals have been removed," Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization was quoted as saying. Mohammad Saidi, Aghazadeh's assistant, said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had previously authorized the removing of the seals.

    "The (uranium conversion) plant would be in full operation within hours following the unsealing," Saidi added. The remove paved the way for Iran to fully resume its uranium conversion activities, which it started on Monday after IAEA inspectors finished installing supervisory equipment on the facilities.

    Meanwhile, the IAEA confirmed in Vienna that all seals on the facilities have been removed and the agency has equipped a surveillance system to supervise the activities at the site. The latest nuclear dispute came after Tehran rejected a comprehensive nuclear proposal presented by the European trio of Britain, France and Germany, the longtime brokers of the Iranian nuclear issue for nearly two years.

    In the proposal, the European trio demanded Tehran to permanently halt the uranium enrichment activities it suspended in November 2004 in exchange for nuclear fuel supplied by other countries.

    Iran's resumption drew stern warnings from the EU as well as dissuasions from other countries and organizations including Russia and the United Nations.

    Tehran has said repeatedly that the resumption of uranium conversion activities should not be viewed as a move to close the door to the negotiations with the EU, voicing its readiness to continue the talks.

    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that his country was still ready to proceed with the nuclear talks and he would put forward new initiatives after forming his cabinet. However, Cyrus Nasseri, Iran's important senior negotiator, conditioned that the EU abandons its insistent demand upon Tehran to stop its efforts to construct nuclear reactor. The IAEA on Tuesday opened an emergency Board of Governors meeting to discuss the current Iranian nuclear standoff, and the meeting is expected to last for several days.

    A second session of the IAEA meeting scheduled on Wednesday was cancelled earlier in the day as diplomats were still locked in closed-door talks for an EU resolution to stop Iran's fuel work. As the preparatory of the uranium enrichment, the uranium conversion in the Isfahan facilities is the process of turning uranium ore nicknamed "yellowcake" to uranium hexafluoride gas which can be fed into connected centrifuges to yield enriched uranium, the material that can be used to generate electricity or build nuclear weapons.

    Iran suspended all activities related to uranium enrichment last November according to an agreement reached with the EU trio in Paris but refused to turn the temporary suspension into a permanent halt.

    The United States accuses Iran of developing nuclear weapons under the disguise of civil usage. But Tehran has rejected the accusation and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Enditem