Iran on Sunday announced it was partially suspending cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency while hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the latest U.N. Security Council sanctions would not halt the country's nuclear enrichment "even for a second."Iranian state television quoted Ahmadinejad as saying that the new sanctions "stem from the hostility by some powers against Iran."
"It is not a new issue for the Iranian nation. Enemies of the Iranian nation have made a mistake this time too," Ahmadinejad said, adding the new sanctions "will not halt Iran's peaceful nuclear program even for a second."
Meanwhile, government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said the Cabinet on Sunday decided to suspend "code 1-3 of minor arrangements of the safeguards" with the Vienna-based U.N. watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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