Iran: Referral to UN Security Council unlikely

Iran today said it was unlikely that Europe and the US will succeed in referring it to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, and the hard-liner president said the West should act with more “logic” in the stand-off with his country.

Tehran’s defiant tone came as France rejected Iran’s request for a resumption of negotiations on the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme. Paris said Iran must first suspend its atomic activities.