Iran has warned it would be a "grave miscalculation" for the US and EU to refer Tehran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.
The warning came after Iran broke UN seals at its nuclear plant at Isfahan, making it fully operational.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called on European Union countries to continue dialogue with Iran.
EU countries have proposed a resolution to the UN nuclear watchdog in Vienna calling for Iran to halt work.
But Iran's chief negotiator at the talks there said Tehran had an absolute right to produce nuclear fuel.
The Isfahan plant is Iran's main uranium conversion facility.
Conversion is an early stage in the nuclear fuel cycle, turning raw uranium - known as yellowcake - into the feedstock for enriched uranium.
Uranium enriched to a low level is used to produce nuclear fuel, while further enrichment makes it suitable for use in atomic weapons.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4140258.stm
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