Iran on Friday rejected a resolution by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as a "politically motivated" move and refused to stop its nuclear activities.
The resolution against Iran was passed "with insistence and political ambitions of certain member states," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman
Ramin Mehmanparast told the English-language satellite channel Press TV.
"We think that this is politically motivated and only aimed at exerting more pressure on Iran," he added.
Mehmanparast warned that Iran would not be obliged to continue its cooperation with the IAEA "at the maximum level" if some member states "want
to take a political path in dealing with Iran' s nuclear case by exerting pressure on the IAEA and consequently depriving us of our basic rights."
"As a member of the agency, we will limit our cooperation with the IAEA to legally mandated minimum," he said.
Earlier on Friday, Iran's permanent representative to the IAEA Ali Soltanieh lashed out at the UN nuclear watchdog's latest resolution against the country and said Iran would not stop its uranium enrichment program.
"The answer to the resolution is definitely 'no'. We are not going to suspend our enrichment activities. We are not going to suspend the
completion of the Fordo nuclear enrichment activities, "Soltanieh was quoted by Press TV as saying in Vienna.
He said that Iran will continue its cooperation with the IAEA and all of Iran's nuclear activities will be carried out within the framework of the comprehensive safeguards of the nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The resolution passed by the IAEA Board of Governors during a meeting Friday in Vienna called for the "full cooperation" of Iran to clarify all
outstanding issues involving its nuclear program.
It was reported that the resolution contained a strong call on Tehran to implement the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, as well as all
the transparency measures the IAEA needed to restore confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program.
It also required Iran to stop construction on the newly- disclosed Fordo uranium enrichment facility near the central Iranian city of Qom.
The move was the IAEA's first adoption of a resolution against Iran after one adopted in February 2006. The 35-member Board of Governors of IAEA passed the resolution with 25 yes votes, 3 votes by Cuba, Venezuela and Malaysia against, six abstentions and one absence.