TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- A top Iranian security official here on Wednesday slammed the UN nuclear watchdog's demand for Iran's re-suspension of its sensitive nuclear activities, saying it ran counter to Iran's rights and the agency's own regulations.

   ; "Iran views calls that it suspend uranium conversion activities as contrary to its rights and will resist such demands," Javad Vaidi, Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), was quoted by the semi-official Mehr news agency as saying.

    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Sept. 24 adopted a resolution on the Iranian nuclear issue, urging Iran to re-suspend all activities related to uranium enrichment and make its nuclear program more transparent.

    Vaidi said that Iran just accepted those parts of the resolution that require Iran to continue allowing inspections and increase transparency within the framework of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and its additional protocol.

    "But those parts of the resolution that require Iran to suspend its nuclear activities at the uranium conversion facilities are politically motivated and go beyond IAEA regulations," Vaidi stressed.

    The official also said that SNSC Secretary and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani's recent call for resuming nuclear negotiations with the European Union (EU) was an initiative meant to resolve the current impasse in the nuclear talks between Iran and Europe.

    In a letter to foreign ministers of France, Britain and Germany forwarded on Sunday, Larijani called on the EU to resume the nuclear talks. In response, the EU reiterated that Iran must re-suspend its uranium conversion activities before reopening negotiations.

    "Larijani's letter was actually a diplomatic effort to uphold the Iranian nation's rights and Iran's national interests. In this letter, Iran has played its role in attempting to start the negotiations, although sometimes diplomacy and talks are not the only solution," Vaidi said.

    Vaidi also criticized the EU for planning to "impose international isolation on Iran by using political pressure, with the aim of distancing the people from the government so that it can influence Iran's implementation of its nuclear program".

    Iran resumed uranium conversion activities in early August, amove scuttling the nuclear negotiations with the EU which started after Tehran suspended all activities related to uranium enrichment in November 2004.

    The United States accuses Iran of developing nuclear weapons secretly, a charge rejected by Tehran as politically motivated.Enditem