Iran resumed uranium conversion activities today at a nuclear facility – a step that Europeans and the US warned would prompt them to seek UN sanctions against Tehran.

Iran this evening agreed to a two-day delay in reopening its nuclear processing plant here after receiving a request from the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency.

TIRED of waiting for European negotiators to make a proposal in return for a nuclear freeze, Iran yesterday warned it is preparing to restart some of its suspended atomic activities.

An explosion near the coastal town of Deylam in Iran was caused during the construction of a dam, a top security official said.