The resolution "requests the (IAEA) Director General to report to the Security Council of the United Nations that these steps are required of Iran by the Board and to report to the Security Council all IAEA reports and resolutions, as adopted, relating to this issue."

Javad Vaeidi(R2), deputy secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran speaks at the news conference after the meeting in Vienna [Xinhua]

    It also "requests the (IAEA) Director General to report on the implementation of this and previous resolutions to the next regular session of the Board, for this consideration, and immediately thereafter to convey, together with any Resolution from the March Board, that report to the Security Council."

    Right after the adoption of the resolution, Javad Vaeidi, deputy secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran, held a press conference outside the conference hall, warning that Iran will resume "full-scale" uranium enrichment in addition to the enrichment research and development.

    However, he refused to notify when to start the full scale enrichment.

    "This resolution is politically motivated since it is not based on any legal or technical grounds," he said.

    The official said Iran would continue to comply with its legal obligation under the Statute and Safeguards of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

    "The Islamic Republic of Iran considers a clear distinction between voluntary measures and legally binding obligations," he said.

Chief of the Chinese delegation Wu Hailong presents the meeting in Vienna, capital of Austria, Feb. 4, 2006. [Xinhua]

    U.S. ambassador to the IAEA Gregory Schulte called on Iran to take necessary steps to regain confidence from the international community.

    "The authorities in Tehran listen to the world, rather than to threaten the world," he said.

    The ambassador said the leadership in Iran has an "important choice," to choose the "path of cooperation" or "confrontation."

    "Choosing the path of cooperation rather than confrontation would best serve the people of Iran, who deserve nuclear energy in international respect, and not a future of increasing isolation," he said.