TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Amid international attempts to resume nuclear talks with the Islamic republic, Iran vows to continue its uranium enrichment program.
In a meeting in Brussels last week, representatives from UN Security Council's five permanent members -- the United States, Britain, China, France and Russia -- plus Germany, known as P5+1, agreed to pursue their efforts to seek a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear issue.
Following the meeting, a spokesperson of the European Union (EU) said that "necessary contacts will be made in the coming days" for new round of talks with Iran.
On Wednesday, head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Fereidoon Abbasi, said that the his country will "decisively" continue uranium enrichment, semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
"Despite the sanctions, it is more likely that we will have a considerable growth in the (operation of) centrifuge machines this year and we will continue (uranium) enrichment decisively," Abbasi was quoted as saying by the state IRIB TV.
Iran is under a number of unilateral Western sanctions on its oil and financial sectors over its controversial nuclear program.
On the day, Abbasi also said that Iran will test the Arak research reactor plant using "virtual fuel" in near future, said Mehr.
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