TEHRAN, Sept. 21 (Xinhuanet) - Iran on Wednesday refrained from its threat of quitting the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), saying it will be committed to the treaty, the official IRNA news agency reported.

    "Iran does not consider quitting the NPT, and Tehran abides by its commitments to the treaty," Gholamreza Aqazadeh, vice-president and head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization, was quoted as saying in Vienna, Austria.

    Aqazadeh made the remarks after a meeting with members of the Non-Aligned Movement in the Board of Governors of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

    Aqazadeh arrived in Vienna on Tuesday to attend the general conference of the IAEA and to lobby against the European Union's attempt to report Iran's nuclear case to the UN Security Council.

    The UN nuclear watchdog will hold a general conference after its ongoing Board of Governors meeting kicked off on Monday.

    Due to Tehran's refusal to re-suspend uranium conversion activities, the EU on Tuesday delivered a draft resolution to the IAEA Board of Governors' meeting, which accuses Iran of failing to cooperate transparently and actively with the agency and urges to report Iran's case to the UN Security Council.

    Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani warned on Tuesday that Tehran will "undoubtedly" withdraw from the NPT if the nuclear issue was reported to the Security Council.

    Describing as useful his meeting with representatives of some IAEA member countries, Aqazadeh said that his meeting was "helpful to enlighten them about Iranian nuclear program in the context of the NPT."

    "I made it clear during the meeting with some IAEA member states that Iran would not quit the NPT," he said.

    Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday in the UN Headquarters in New York that Iran had been "prepared to continue cooperation with the IAEA and implementing its obligations," but it will not give up its inalienable rights for nuclear technology.

    He warned that a referral of Iran's case to the UN will be the"kickoff of a game the Europeans will also lose."The EU has been trying to press Tehran to abandon its efforts to build nuclear fuel cycles, including activities related to uranium enrichment.

    However, Iran insists that it never give up legal rights for peaceful use of nuclear technology.

    The United States accuses Iran of developing nuclear weapons under the disguise of civil usage, a charge rejected by Tehran.  Enditem