TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said it would restart some nuclear activities on Monday unless it receives European Union proposals on Sunday to break a diplomatic impasse.
The EU is due to offer Iran some economic and political incentives in return for an indefinite suspension of uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel reprocessing and related activities.
If Iran does not comply, the EU has threatened to back calls by the United States for the Islamic Republic to be reported to the United Nations Security Council and face possible sanctions.
"If we do not receive the EU proposal today, tomorrow morning we will start part of activities in Isfahan's uranium conversion facility," Ali Aghamohammadi, spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council, told state television.
"This will be under the supervision of U.N. inspectors," he added.
A conversion plant near the central city of Isfahan takes processed uranium ore, mined in Iran's central desert, and turns it into uranium hexafluoride gas. This gas can be pumped into centrifuges that spin at supersonic speed to enrich uranium.
Enriched uranium is used in nuclear power plants, but if highly enriched can be used in atomic weaponry.
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The EU and the United States suspect Iran's nuclear program is a veil for efforts to build a nuclear bomb. Tehran insists it only wants nuclear power to generate electricity.
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