TEHRAN, Jan. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said here on Wednesday that the country's decision to resume nuclear fuel research was not negotiable, state television reported.

    "We have stated that the research work is not included in the negotiations, and research is different from and has nothing to do with the actual industrial production," Larijani was quoted as saying.

    Mohammad Saidi, deputy chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Agency, said on Tuesday that Iran had decided to resume the research work on nuclear fuel in a few days after a suspension of over two and a half years.

    Saidi also stressed that the activities to be resumed were just related to research and had nothing to do with the actual production.

    Iran's new hardline move incurred immediate warnings from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United States and France. Enditem