Iran Warns Europe to Make Nuke Talks Work

Europeans Have More to Lose Than Tehran if Nuke Complaint Goes to U.N., Iranian Official Says

Iran's foreign minister said Sunday that Europe has more to lose than Tehran if the Western countries ask the U.N. Security Council to take action on its nuclear program.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi warned that if this week's talks with France, Britain and Germany fail, Iran would act on its own.
"The Europeans will sustain more damage than us if the talks have no result and Iran's case is taken to the U.N. Security Council," Asefi told reporters."The case will turn into a crisis they cannot manage any longer and the Islamic Republic will act unilaterally," he warned, without elaborating.
The 25-nation European Union has threatened to take Iran to the Security Council for possible sanctions if it resumes nuclear fuel development, an early stage in preparing raw uranium that could be used either to fuel a power reactor or for a nuclear weapon. Iran suspended such activities as a good will gesture in November.