TEHRAN, March 12 (RIA Novosti) - Iran no longer considers Russia's initiative to enrich uranium on Russian territory and intends to carry out large-scale uranium enrichment at home, Iranian Foreign Ministry official spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Sunday.
"The Russian proposal is not on the agenda any more," Asefi said.
The situation has changed. We have to wait and see how developments unfold within the five veto-holding countries (the UN Security Council), he said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency decided Wednesday to refer Iran's "nuclear file" to the UN Security Council, which has the power to impose sanctions on Tehran if it is found to be in breach of its international commitments.
Russia's initiative was widely seen as a compromise in the crisis surrounding the Islamic Republic, which many in the West suspect of pursuing a covert nuclear weapons program, a claim that Tehran has consistently rejected.
