Iran threatens to resume enrichment plan
(AP)
Updated: 2006-03-05 21:43

Iran warned Sunday that it will resume large scale uranium enrichment if it is referred to the U.N. Security Council.

An Iranian woman holds up a picture of Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at his tomb during a gathering in support of Iran's nuclear programme in Tehran March 5, 2006. [AP]

"If Iran's nuclear dossier is referred to the U.N. Security Council, (large scale) uranium enrichment will be resumed," Larijani told a packed news conference.

"If they (the U.S. and its allies) want to use force, we will pursue our own path," he said.

The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency will meet in Vienna, Austria, Monday to discuss Iran's nuclear program.