Aryanews- The Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast, rejected the international calls to suspend Iran`s enrichment process but said the uranium deal has remained a possible option.
US, France and Germany are seeking to convince UN security council to back tougher sanctions against Iran.
Previously, IAEA, had propoused a deal in October under which Iran could swap low-enriched uranium with Russia and France for unclear fuel to ppower its medical reactor in Tehran.
However tehran insists that the handover take place on Iranian territory to ensure a proper implementation of the deal.
Atomic chief Ali-Akbar Salehi said last month that Iran was prepared to exchange 1.2 tons of its low-enriched uranium in a single exchange for 120 kilograms of 20-per-cent-enriched uranium.
Mehmanparast said last week that further UN sanctions, as currently pursued by the West, were a futile effort to stop Iran's nuclear programmes.