Iran sees no case for referral to UN
Iran said yesterday any decision to refer its nuclear case to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions would be purely political and not based on evidence Tehran was trying to build a nuclear weapon.
"There is no legal or logical reason for Iran's case to be referred. But if something does happen in the next few days based on political motives that is a different matter," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told a news briefing.
The UN nuclear watchdog meets in Vienna on Thursday to discuss International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director Mohamed ElBaradei's latest report on Iran and consider again whether to send Iran's case to the Security Council.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Iran faces possible sanctions after failing to convince the world that its nuclear program is designed to meet its energy needs and not to build an atomic weapon.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggested on Sunday the referral could be at a later unspecified date.
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