Iran said on Sunday that it will reconsider its cooperation with
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if the UN Security
Council issues a new resolution against the country, the official
IRNA news agency reported.
Tehran would reconsider its cooperation with the IAEA and "study
various options" over a possible new UN resolution, Iranian Foreign
Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini told his weekly press
conference.
Commenting on the recent warning of US President George W. Bush
against a so-called "nuclear holocaust," Hosseini said, "We will
reject any remarks which are far from logic and the existing
realities."
"There were various parts in President Bush's speech in which he
repeated all his previous unfounded accusations against Iran,"
Hosseini said.
In a speech to the American Legion veterans group in Reno,
Nevada, last week, Bush said that Iran's actions threaten the
security of nations everywhere and the United States is ready to
confront the danger.
"Iran's active pursuit of technology that could lead to nuclear
weapons threatens to put a region already known for instability and
violence under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust," Bush said.
The United States and other Western countries have accused Iran
of trying to develop atomic weapons under a civilian cover, but
Iran denies such accusation, saying it just wants to generate
electricity.
On March 24, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a new
resolution, the second punitive one, with tougher sanctions to
pressure Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment activities.
However, an IAEA report in May said that Iran continued to
resist the UN Security Council ban on enrichment and was instead
expanding its activities.
(Xinhua News Agency September 3, 2007)
