Special Report: Iran Nuclear Crisis

    TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that his country would show "serious and logical" reaction if the UN Security Council adopts more sanctions against it.

    "We hope such an action not to happen," Mottaki told a press conference when answering a question about Iran's reaction in case of adoption of a new UN Security Council resolution.

    "Otherwise, Tehran would show a serious and logical reaction which will be declared later," Mottaki said.

    The top Iranian diplomat urged that the UN Security Council should wait until International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei presents his report to the Board of Governors in February.

    "The Security Council must heed the IAEA report to be released in February which will oblige the council to declare its two former resolutions null and void," he said.

    Mottaki's remarks came as the Security Council members are due on Monday to discuss a proposed new resolution with punitive sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

    The diplomatic standoff between Iran and the West began almost six years ago over suspicions that Tehran's nuclear work is a cover for an atomic weapons program.

    So far, the UN Security Council has adopted two resolutions, one in Dec. 2006 and the other in March 2007, to force Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment activities and give up its nuclear programs.