| A top aide to Iran's so-called supreme mullah leader declared on Monday that Tehran did not fear being taken to the Security Council over its nuclear programme and warned that if the UN imposed an oil embargo world prices would go above 100 dollars a barrel. Mullah Nateq-Nuri, one of mullah Ali Khamenei's closest advisors, dismissed as "ridiculous" some suggestions from Europe aimed at persuading Tehran to end uranium enrichment to avoid being summoned by the Security Council. But mullah government spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh said Tehran saw "positive signals" from the three European countries -- Britain, France and Germany -- with whom it has been negotiating to try to close its file with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "If we had not received positive signals, we would not continue negotiations," he said. |