Tehran Revises Co-operation With IAEA.

Tehran Revises Co-operation With IAEA. Iran's parliament on Dec. 27 approved a bill obliging o��blig��ing?adj.Ready to do favors for others; accommodating.o��bliging��ly adv. thegovernment to revise its co-operation with the International AtomicEnergy Agency International Atomic Energy Agency:see Atomic Energy Agency, International. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)International organization officially founded in 1957 to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy. (IAEA IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency. ) in response to a Dec. 23 UN Security Council (UNSC UNSC United Nations Security CouncilUNSC United Nations Space Command (gaming)UNSC United Nations Staff College )vote imposing sanctions on Iran's trade in sensitive nuclearmaterials and technology. The UNSC resolution, aimed at dissuading Iran from carrying outuranium enrichment which could produce material to be used in a nuclearweapon, was on Dec. 24 dismissed by President Ahmadi-Nejad as"illegal" and "superficial". Foreign MinisterManouchehr Mottaki Manouchehr Mottaki (Persian: منوچهر متکی) (born 12 May 1953 in Bandar Gaz) is the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. , who on Dec. 26 attended a closed parliamentarysession This article or section deals primarily with the United Kingdom and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject.Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. to discuss Iran's response, told reporters the governmentfully endorsed parliament's plan, although it was not clear whetherthe move would be anything other than symbolic. The bill - backed by 167 MPs out of 207 present in the 290-seatchamber on Dec. 27 - obliges the government to revise its co-operationlevel with the IAEA and obliges the president to "accelerateIran's nuclear activities". But it stops short of approvingdemands by some politicians who wanted the government to end UNinspections of atomic facilities. Iran's policy seems to be neitherto accept the UN demands, nor make any immediate threats to withdrawfrom the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT NPT National Pipe Taper (pipe thread specification)NPT Non-Proliferation TreatyNPT Nonprofit TimesNPT Newport (Rhode Island)NPT Nuclear Nonproliferation TreatyNPT Neath Port Talbot ) or use the oil weapon. MP Ali Asgari told reporters: "MPs reiterated that we shouldnot take any provocative step. But we should have some surprisingmoves". Immediately after the UN vote Iran's top nuclearofficial Ali Larijani said Iran would go ahead with installing 3,000centrifuges in its pilot plant of Natanz. Mottaki said the centrifugeswould start enrichment "soon". Experts believe 2,000centrifuges can produce sufficient highly-enriched uranium for a reactoror a bomb. Iran's president believes sanctions will not hurt Iranand that the country should not show any sign of retreat. However, thecountry's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is the key decisionmaker and has not yet reacted to the UN resolution.