 IRAN should resume uranium enrichment and end United Nations' snap checks of its nuclear sites if Tehran is referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, the country's parliament decided yesterday. In the vote, broadcast live on state radio, 183 out of 197 MPs backed the move. It must now be approved by Iran's constitutional watchdog, the conservative 12-man Guardian Council. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of the Iranian parliament's foreign policy and security commission, urged opposition MPs from the reformist camp to display a united front in the national interest. "This is not a factional, political issue - it is a national issue," he said. |