TEHRAN, Aug 13: Iran on Sunday repeated its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment activities as called for in a UN resolution, threatening instead to withdraw from the International Atomic Energy Agency.

“Iran doesn’t accept suspending its uranium enrichment,” the official IRNA agency quoted parliamentary speaker Gholam-Ali Hadad-Adel as telling parliament.

“If the result of our being part of international organisations and the IAEA is to be deprived of our absolute right (in nuclear matters), there is no reason for us to continue to be part of such organisations,” he said.

The UN Security Council has given Iran until August 31 to halt enrichment and reprocessing activities or face possible sanctions.—AFP