BRUSSELS, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Dutch education, justice and foreign affairs ministries are holding talks on the possibility of a ban on Iranian students attending courses involving nuclear technology, Dutch media reported Friday.

    The Dutch Education Ministry has confirmed that universities, colleges and research institutes have been warned against giving Iranian students access to information on nuclear technology.

    A ministry spokesman told Dutch news agency ANP Friday that a letter urging caution was sent out in September, which is in line with a United Nations resolution designed to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear capabilities.

    The ministry's statement followed Thursday's media revelation that Twente University of Technology in the eastern city of Enschede is refusing admission to all Iranian students saying it cannot guarantee that they will not attend lectures on nuclear technology. Three students have so been excluded so far.

    Eindhoven University, one of the three technology universities in the Netherlands, said it will leave it up to the Dutch intelligence service to assess the risks on an individual basis.

    "We cannot take the responsibility," a spokesman told Dutch paper De Volkskrant.

    The Education Ministry spokesman said that the education, foreign affairs and justice ministries are currently looking at the idea of a ban on allowing Iranians to study nuclear technology in the Netherlands. The immigration service is also involved in the talks.