Top Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani states Iran would overview its cooperation with international nuclear inspectors if punitive UN sanctions are imposed, Agence France Presse reported Friday.

’We will review our relations with the IAEA if the UN adopts the European resolution without the amendments proposed by Russia,’ Larijani says.

The United States and the European Union say they suspect Iran to perform nuclear weapons work under the guise of budding nuclear energy program.

Teheran denies having military plans, insisting its nuclear activities are legal and strictly for energy purposes. Russia, which is building Iran’s first NPP at Bushehr, has consistently sought to steer the standoff away from direct confrontation.

Russia has maid a compromise proposal to enrich uranium for any future Iranian nuclear programme at Russian facilities, preventing Iran from mastering the sensitive technology on its own soil. And Larijani stresses Iranian openness to this.

’This proposal was never rejected and it remains on the negotiating table,’ Larijani said.

Russia, one of the permanent members along with Britain, China, France and the United States, has said the resolution is too tough on Iran and has proposed major amendments to the draft.

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