From The Guardian UK
By George Jahn

VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A defiant Iran warned the 35 nations on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board Sunday that it will press ahead with full-scale uranium enrichment if they push for United Nations action over suspicions that Tehran is seeking nuclear arms.

The comment came as the board prepared to meet Monday to discuss referring Iran to the U.N. Security Council, but delegates said whatever step the council might take would stop far short of sanctions. Iran’s government cautioned that putting the issue before the council would hurt efforts to resolve the dispute diplomatically.

“If Iran’s nuclear dossier is referred to the U.N. Security Council, (large-scale) uranium enrichment will be resumed,” Iran’s top negotiator, Ali Larijani, told reporters in Tehran. “If they want to use force, we will pursue our own path.”

Larijani said Iran will not abandon nuclear research, or back down from pursuing an atomic program that Tehran insists has the sole purpose of generating electricity with nuclear reactors.

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