TEHRAN (AFX) - Iran is to restrict its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog in reaction to Security Council sanctions over its disputed atomic programme, a government spokesman announced.
'Iran has decided to partially limit its cooperation with this agency until the Iranian nuclear file is transferred from the Security Council' back to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Gholamhossein Elham.
The spokesman, quoted on the state news agency IRNA, explained that the Islamic republic had accepted four years ago an arrangement whereby it would inform the IAEA of any decision to construct a new nuclear installation.
But it would no longer inform the agency of new installations until six months before they are brought into service, he said.
The Security Council's 15 members on Saturday unanimously adopted Resolution 1747, co-sponsored by Britain, France and non-member Germany, broadening UN sanctions imposed on Iran in December for spurning repeated demands to suspend sensitive uranium enrichment. newsdesk@afxnews.com afp/hjp COPYRIGHT Copyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News. AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited