Iran will never suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the West, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Monday.
"Suspending uranium enrichment is an illegal and illegitimate demand... and it will never happen."
Officials from the five permanent UN Security Council members the United States, France, Russia, China and Britain plus Germany, who met in London on Monday, also said they were committed to a negotiated resolution to the standoff.
The United States says "all options" are on the table and insists it wants a peaceful solution. Russia has voiced concern about growing talk of military strikes and China yesterday again called for a diplomatic solution.
The United Nations imposed limited sanctions on Iran's nuclear program in December and Teheran faces possible further steps for ignoring a February 21 deadline to halt enrichment.
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Iran Said It Will Continue Its Nuclear Work
...a day after UN Council agreed to work on a new UN resolution to pressure Teheran
