VIENNA, Nov. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Germany, France and Britain are considering allowing Iran to continue part of its atomic fuel production programs, the Austrian press agency reported Thursday.

    The report quoted diplomats as saying that the three powers, working on behalf on the European Union (EU), were considering accepting last week's Russian proposal to allow Iran to continue with uranium conversion, but the enrichment process will be handled by Moscow.

    The bloc intends to unravel the protracted deadlock over Iran's nuclear issue, the report said.

    After several days of negotiations, the EU has announced that it will not refer the issue to the UN Security Council.

    The UN's nuclear watchdog said in a statement on Thursday that its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, hoped that in the coming days the international community would coalesce around a solution on the issue which is acceptable to all sides, including Iran.

    The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will discuss Iran's nuclear issue in the meeting on Nov. 24.

    Iran resumed uranium conversion activities in early August, a move that scuttled 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.

    The IAEA board of governors adopted an EU-drafted resolution onSept. 24, urging Iran to re-suspend all enrichment-related activities with a warning that it would refer its nuclear case to the UN Security Council.

    Iran has rejected the resolution as politically motivated, saying it will never return to full suspension. Enditem