VIENNA, Aug 10 (Xinhuanet) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed Wednesday that its seals at a key uranium processing plant in central Iran have been removed.

    "They have begun breaking the seals," IAEA spokesman Mark Gwozdecky told reporters. "They are going to break all the seals and begin operating the plant in full."

    In Tehran, the state television reported that it is the UN nuclear watchdog inspectors that removed the last seals on Iran's sensitive uranium conversion facilities in the plant in Isfahan.

    "The last of the seals have been removed," Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization was quoted assaying.

    Iran resumed some uranium conversion work at the Isfahan plant on Monday, but some key units at the facility remained under IAEA seals since a November suspension in activity.

    IAEA officials on Wednesday agreed to Tehran's request to remove the seals after installing surveillance cameras to ensure no uranium is shifted away for any military use.

    Tehran's resumption of uranium conversion was in reaction to 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.

    Iran has said that the resumption of uranium conversion activities should not be viewed as a move to close the door to the negotiations with the European Union.

    It also insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes while the United States accuses it of developing nuclear weapons.

    Meanwhile, board members of the IAEA canceled a planned formal meeting Wednesday, indicating the difficulty for the 35-nation body to reach an agreement to tackle the crisis.

    The postponed emergency meeting, which kicked off Tuesday, may hold the next session Thursday, IAEA spokesman Peter Rickwood told reporters.

    Many member states called on both Iran and the European Union to continue negotiations to solve the crisis and voiced against actions that would further complicate the situation. Enditem