"We do not want to carry out enrichment for the time being and no decision has been taken yet to resume enrichment, but we will reconsider suspension of other activities," secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Hassan Rowhani, told reporters here. In doing so, Iran will apparently resume production of centrifuge components which Tehran has suspended since April 9 as a confidence-building measure with the international community. Tehran has also voluntarily frozen its uranium enrichment activities since last October and signed an additional protocol for snap inspection of its nuclear facilities.

But, Rowhani said the Europeans had failed to live up to their commitments, giving enough incentive to the Islamic Republic to go back on its own commitments.

Britain, France and Germany lent their weight to a resolution issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)`s Board of Governors Friday 'deploring' Iran's alleged lack of full cooperation. The top security official said, "The Europeans undertook the obligation in October that Iran's file would be closed in June. In turn, we committed ourselves to voluntary suspensions. "But since the Europeans have not met their commitment, we may take new decisions and announce them in the coming days."

Rowhani, however, reiterated that Tehran would continue its activities in the framework of the nuclear non-proliferation and safeguards treaties, including construction of a full nuclear fuel cycle. "The (construction) of a fuel cycle will not be halted under any condition; we have announced to the Europeans that the suspension will be short-term," he said.

Rowhani said, "The suspension was aimed at confidence-building. Today, there is a new climate where we have signed the (Additional) Protocol and implemented it. The agency (IAEA), on its part, has carried out its inspections and an atmosphere of trust has been created."

The official also stressed the importance which Tehran attaches to the European Union, saying the country will continue its cooperation with the Europeans.

"Although we have complaints about the performance of the three European countries ... but they said they were faced with certain blocks at the meeting and suggested to negotiate with Iran in this respect in the near future in July," he said.

"We will give this chance to them and continue other negotiations so that they meet their commitments," Rowhani said, adding the two sides were far from closing the doors to cooperation.

The official understated the resolution passed by the IAEA Board of Governors, saying it 'does not have much significance' since it `has not created any new commitment for the Islamic Republic`.

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Tehran, June 19, IRNA -- Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rowhani said here Saturday that Iran respects the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and is set to continue cooperating with the UN nuclear watchdog within the framework of NPT additional protocol.

Rowhani added that Iran`s nuclear programs are proved to be for peaceful applications after being continuously inspected by the UN inspectors in the past eight months.

Concerning the remaining nuclear issues, he said that P-2 and nuclear pollution are the only matters to be discussed.

"Eight months ago, many ambiguities were raised about Iran`s nuclear issue and the country was accused of deception, taking secret measures and presenting false reports on its nuclear program." "The United States` massive propaganda had caused concern over Iran`s nuclear activities throughout the world and strengthened the belief that it was producing atomic bomb, while today the P-2 and pollution are the only issues to be considered," he added.

The top security official noted that P-2 is currently being examined and according to IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei it is expected to be settled before the September meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors.

Turning to nuclear pollution, he said that there are many faces to the issue, adding that currently the 36 percent pollution rate is on the agenda which can be solved.

"Given Iran`s major achievements on the issue within the past eight months, member states of IAEA Board of Governors, with the exception of the US, unanimously underlined that the country`s nuclear dossier should be closed completely."

"This marks that Iran`s nuclear dossier has now been reduced to a few sheets and proves Iran`s success in this respect," he added. The official noted that hardly any country has ever managed to solve such a major case in a matter of a few months.

Underlining Iran`s decision to continue cooperating with the UN nuclear agency more widely, he announced the country`s readiness to fully cooperate with IAEA in case any problem arises during the inspection of its nuclear installations.

"Given our self-confidence, we will patiently cooperate with UN inspectors no matter how long the process may take. Iran`s honesty will eventually be proved and the enemies` false rumors will be revealed," he added.

Regretting the mistakes included in IAEA written and oral report, he attributed them to the fact that the inspectors failed to record exactly all the points discussed during the IAEA sessions and therefore the resolution ended up having a negative tone.

He appreciated the IAEA for admitting its mistakes and said that this would prepare the grounds for his further confidence in the agency.

Rowhani said that a better resolution would have been released, if the agency had not made such mistakes. "In general, the IAEA report proved the transparency of Iran`s nuclear activities and that no secret measures have been underway in this respect."

Unlike the US claim, Iran has never been involved in military, clandestine and armament programs," he concluded.