Sanctions threatened as Iran resumes uranium conversion

IRAN insisted yesterday that it would resume uranium conversion this week after rejecting EU incentives to end its nuclear fuel work, and said it was not worried about being referred to the UN for possible sanctions.

“Although we think referral of Iran’s case to the security council would be unlawful and politically motivated, if one day they refer Iran’s case... we won’t be worried in the least,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hamid Reza Asefi.

Britain, Germany and France, heading nuclear negotiations with Iran for the EU, have called an emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) board of governors tomorrow to discuss Iran’s case.