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the UK embassy in Tehran August 14, 2005, demanding Iran's
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TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Iran said on Sunday
that it would never resume suspension of its sensitive uranium conversion at
Isfahan plant, but negotiate keeping uranium enrichment work frozen at Natanz.
"Iran would never again suspend its uranium
conversion activities. The Isfahan case is over, and we are to negotiate on
matters of Natanz," Mohammad Saeedi, Deputy Chief of Iran's Atomic Energy
Organization, told state television.
Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza
Asefi told his weekly news briefing that Iran's next step would depend on the
European Union's (EU) future moves.
"The Europeans' behavior in the upcoming days will
play a determining role in Iran's future decisions including resumption of
nuclear work at Natanz power plant," Asefi was quoted by the official IRNA news
agency as saying.
The spokesman reiterated Iran's rejection of the
resolution adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday,
which urged Iran to re-establish full suspension of all enrichment-related
activities.
"Suspension of nuclear activities at Isfahan's
uranium conversion facilities is not on agenda at all," he said.The IAEA board
of governors has asked the chief of the UN nuclear watchdog Mohamed El Baradei
to report on Sep. 3 about Iran's compliance with its resolution.
Asefi also dismissed US President George Bush's
recent remarks that all options, including the use of force, are on the table
over Iran's nuclear program.
Iran restarted uranium conversion in the Isfahan
facilities last week regardless of the stern warnings of the EU and the United
States to refer Iran to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions if it
resumed nuclear fuel work.
The resumption came after Tehran rejected a proposal
presented by the European trio of Britain, France and Germany on Aug.
5,demanding Iran give up enrichment-related activities in return for political
and economic incentives.
Iran "voluntarily and temporarily" suspended all
activitiesrelated to uranium enrichment in November 2004 before opening
negotiations with the EU trio on Iran's nuclear program.The United States
accuses Iran of developing nuclear weapons secretly, a charge denied by Tehran,
which insists that its nuclear program is for purely peaceful purposes.
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