TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran will resume activities -- but not enrichment of uranium -- at one of its nuclear plants if three European nations do not submit proposals aimed at resolving an impasse over the country's nuclear program by Monday, according to a spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry.
According to a report Sunday on IRNA, Iran's state-run news agency, Hamid-Reza Asefi pointed to reports from Western news agencies saying the proposal from the EU-3 -- Britain, France and Germany -- will state that Iran does not have the right to go back to enriching uranium.
"It seems that the European proposal will be an empty one and will not satisfy Iran's demands," Asefi said.
On Monday, the three countries, which have been involved in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, are supposed to submit their proposal regarding the program.
The European nations see their discussions with Iran as aimed at halting the program.
Asefi said Iran has written a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency informing the U.N. watchdog agency of its intention to restart its Isfahan nuclear plant.
He said the letter asked for IAEA involvement "because we don't want to do anything that might give the perception that we're doing something in secret."
Uranium conversion would be among the activities restarted at the Isfahan plant, but not enrichment of uranium, Asefi said.
The issue of uranium enrichment remains open to negotiation should the EU-3 return to the bargaining table, he said.
Enriched uranium is used as fuel in nuclear power plants and as fissile material in nuclear weapons. Uranium enrichment does not take place at the Isfahan plant.
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