Iran will reconsider a nuclear fuel swap deal if world powers agree to impose further sanctions on the Islamic Republic, Interfax news agency quoted Tehran's ambassador to Moscow as saying on Tuesday.
"If there are new sanctions, it will become obvious to the Iranian public that the "5 + 1" group is hiding evil intentions and pursuing political objectives. This would force us to revise the Tehran accords," Mahmoud Reza Sadjadi was quoted as saying.
Under the deal, agreed with Turkey and Brazil,Iran would send 1,200 kg of its low-enriched uranium (LEU) to Turkey in return for fuel rods to keep a Tehran medical research reactor running.
Western critics say the deal would still leave Iran with enough uranium for one bomb, as it has stockpiled more LEU since the idea was first proposed last year.
"We believe that by this (deal) Iran has demonstrated its goodwill," Sadjadi said. "After all that lobbying by Brazil, Turkey and other countries, we believe that it makes no sense to talk about new sanctions."