TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran warned on Sunday that a new U.N. sanctions resolution on the Islamic Republic would be costly for the West, the official IRNA news agency quoted a senior official as saying.
"Some Western powers are...choosing a wrong path andpassing resolutions against Iran will be costly for them,"Javad Vaeedi, deputy chief nuclear negotiator, was quoted byIRNA as saying.
Vaeedi did not elaborate.
The U.N. Security Council has demanded Iran halt uraniumenrichment, the part of its nuclear programme that most worriesthe West because the process can be used to make fuel for powerplants or, potentially, material for bombs. Iran has refused.
Tehran insists it is seeking to master nuclear technologyso it can make fuel for a planned network of nuclear powerplants and save its huge oil and gas reserves for export.
Iran has failed to convince world powers about its peacefulaims. Britain and France have said they hope the U.N. SecurityCouncil will vote next week on a third round of U.N. sanctions.
After the United States and other powers had said theywould push for further U.N. steps, Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad said on Saturday Iran would not be harmed by moresanctions over its nuclear work.
(Writing by Parisa Hafezi, Editing by Jon Boyle)
