Iran 'to drive ahead with nuclear plans'

Iran's top nuclear negotiator said the country will push forward immediately with efforts to enrich uranium after the UN Security Council imposed sanctions designed to stop the nuclear efforts, a newspaper reported today.

"From Sunday morning, we will begin activities at Natanz - site of 3,000-centrifuge machines - and we will drive it with full speed. It will be our immediate response to the resolution," the Kayhan newspaper quoted Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, as saying.