TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- A top Iranian nuclear official urged the European Union (EU) on Tuesday not to seek the referral of Iran's nuclear issue to the UN Security Council, warning that the pan-Europe bloc would be the biggest loser in that case.  

    "The EU has made some mistakes in dealing with Iran's nuclear issue, especially its call for Tehran to give up its nuclear fuel cycle program," said Mohammad Saeedi, deputy chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, quoted by the students' news agency ISNA.

    "It would be another great mistake if the EU made efforts to refer Iran's file to the UN Security Council, because the EU would be the biggest loser in that case," Saeedi said.

    The Iranian nuclear issue hit a deadlock after Tehran in early August resumed its highly sensitive uranium conversion activities,the preparatory step for uranium enrichment.

    As a result, the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted on Sept. 24 a resolution drafted by the EU, which urged Iran to fully suspend all of its activities related to uranium enrichment before November with a warning of referring the case to the UN Security Council.

    Tehran has urged the EU to adopt negotiations rather than threats on the issue while calling upon the IAEA to stay away from political influences and remain fixed on its professional norms and responsibilities.

    Saeedi said Iran was optimistic that satisfactory progress would be made in the process of resolving the disputes between Iran and the IAEA by November.

    "Both Iran and the EU trio (of Britain, France and Germany)expressed their desire to resume nuclear negotiations, but Iranwill not accept any preconditions for the talks and what the Europeans have proposed as a prerequisite for the continuation of talks is not acceptable," Saeedi added.

    The EU trio, long-time broker of the Iranian nuclear issue, has been trying but in vain to persuade Iran to give up efforts to build nuclear fuel cycles.

    The United States accuses Iran of developing nuclear weapons under the disguise of civilian program, but Tehran categorically denies the charge, saying its nuclear program is completely peaceful.  Enditem