Iran denounces UN nuclear freeze demand

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.

Hasan Rowhani, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, also said his country would limit its co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency if the watchdog refers Iran to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.

Mr Rowhani spoke a day after the agency’s governing board demanded Iran freeze all work on uranium enrichment and said it would judge Tehran’s compliance in two months.