Iran today rejected a UN resolution calling on it to freeze uranium enrichment activities.It also threatened to stop snap checks of its atomic facilities if its case was sent to the Security Council. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani said if the Security Council imposed sanctions, Iran might follow N Korea and pull out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty altogether.The IAEA unanimously adopted a resolution yesterday calling on Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment-related activities. ‘‘Iran will not accept any obligation regarding the suspension of uranium enrichment,’’ Chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani said on Sunday. ‘‘No international body can force Iran to do so.’’His words were echoed by the Iranian Parliament, which has urged the government to ignore the resolution. ‘‘This is a war, we may win or lose,’’ said Rohani, Secretary-General of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.Although the IAEA board termed the suspension a ‘‘necessary’’ confidence-building measure, it observed that any suspensions would be ‘‘voluntary decisions’’ for Iran and not obligations. ‘‘Iran has never accepted suspension through a resolution, but through political talks,’’ Rohani said. ‘‘If they want to send Iran to the Security Council, it is not wise, and we will stop implementing the Additional Protocol,’’ he added. — (Reuters)
