Iran renewed its promise today to refrain from developing nuclear weapons, Britain’s foreign minister Jack Straw said, at least temporarily averting being hauled before the UN Security Council to face possible international sanctions.

Iran vowed today it would “definitely” resume some uranium reprocessing activities, refuting suggestions that Tehran, under European pressure, was considering backing away from its threat to immediately end its freeze of uranium conversion.

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said today that Tehran wanted to resolve decades of differences with the United States but warned that a US military strike would not be able to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities.

In a what appeared to be a signal to Europe, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said today his country had achieved the ability to produce its own fuel for nuclear reactors.

IRAN yesterday denounced as “illegal” demands from the UN atomic watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment - technology that can be used for nuclear weapons.

Demands from the UN atomic watchdog agency that Iran freeze all work on uranium enrichment – technology that can be used for nuclear weapons - were “illegal,” the country insisted today.

Iran has suspended its enrichment of uranium and has accepted additional inspections of its nuclear facilities, a senior official said today.