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The United Nations nuclear watchdog has voted to report Iran to the Security Council over its nuclear activities.
Twenty-seven states out of 35 on the IAEA board backed the move, with three against and five abstentions.
The decision follows days of intensive diplomacy and could lead to possible UN sanctions against Iran.
An Iranian official said Tehran would resume full-scale enrichment of uranium and Russia's compromise offer to enrich uranium on its own soil was in doubt.
Javad Vaiedi, deputy head of the Supreme National Security Council, said the vote was politically motivated, adding that there was no international consensus.
Read more at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4680294.stm
Twenty-seven states out of 35 on the IAEA board backed the move, with three against and five abstentions.
The decision follows days of intensive diplomacy and could lead to possible UN sanctions against Iran.
An Iranian official said Tehran would resume full-scale enrichment of uranium and Russia's compromise offer to enrich uranium on its own soil was in doubt.
Javad Vaiedi, deputy head of the Supreme National Security Council, said the vote was politically motivated, adding that there was no international consensus.
Read more at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4680294.stm