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Iran Condemns Call for UN Action on Its Nuclear Program
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=10C85B2:3919ACA Tehran says any
move to bring nuclear standoff before Security Council would mean 'end
of diplomacy' on issue





UN Security Council (file photo)Iran says any move to bring its
nuclear standoff with the West to the U.N. Security Council would mean
the end of diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue.

Senior Iranian officials also say the five permanent Security Council
members have no legal justification to have Iran referred to the
council.

Hours earlier, foreign ministers from Britain, France, Russia, China
and the United States - supported by Germany and the European Union -
issued a statement saying the International Atomic Energy Agency
should vote Thursday to refer Iran to the council.

The statement also said any council action should wait until the IAEA
director general, Mohamed elBaradei, delivers a report about Iran's
activities in early March.

Iran has previously threatened to break off all cooperation with the
U.N. nuclear agency and resume uranium enrichment - the most sensitive
phase of the atomic fuel cycle - if the Security Council steps into
the dispute.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.


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