Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in Tehran Dec. 24, 2006. He dismisses the newly-adopted UN Security Council resolution that imposes sanctions on Tehran as a piece of "trash paper." (Xinhua/AFP photo) Photo Gallery >>>

     Ahmadinejad dismisses UN resolution as "trash paper"

     TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday dismissed the newly-adopted UN Security Council resolution that imposes sanctions on Tehran as a piece of "trash paper," local Fars News Agency reported.

    "Today they (the Western countries) just aim to scare the Iranian people with this piece of trash paper," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.    

    Iran's official: UN resolution "legally inapplicable"

    TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- A senior Iranian nuclear official has said that the UN Security Council resolution that imposes sanctions on Tehran is "legally inapplicable," the official IRNA news agency reported Monday.

    The UN Security Council Resolution 1737 was adopted "upon the decision of certain countries and is legally inapplicable," said deputy chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Saeedi. Full Story

    Iran to install 3,000 centrifuges

    TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran says it will begin installing 3,000 centrifuges at a uranium enrichment plant as of Sunday in response to a U.N. Security Council resolution, the Kayhan newspaper said. Full Story

    Iran threatens to change level of cooperation with IAEA

    TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Sunday threatened to change the level of its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after the UN Security Council passed a resolution that imposes sanctions on Tehran.

    "It should not be expected that Iran will continue its work with the IAEA at the same level after the issuance of the illegal resolution," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini told his weekly press briefing.

    Int'l community's response to UN resolution on Iran 

    BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are some comments and responses from the international community after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Saturday imposing sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear activities.

    "Sanctions are not the end but a means to urge Iran to return to negotiations," said China's ambassador Wang Guangya after the UN Security Council vote on Saturday. 
 
    UNSC unanimously passes resolution on Iran sanctions

    UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to pass a resolution imposing sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear activities. 

    The resolution, which followed weeks of negotiations, demanded that Iran "suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development," and "work on all heavy water-related projects."

    Iran defies UN resolution, vowing to continue nuclear plans

    TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Saturday defied a UN Security Council resolution that imposes sanctions on Tehran as an "illegal measure," vowing to push ahead with its nuclear plans.

    Ordinary Iranians showed mixed feelings toward the resolution, with some considering it as "waging a war" and others shrugging it off as nothing serious.