Tehran to send complaint letters over anti-Iran resolution

Tehran - Tehran will complain to all member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which voted in favor of a resolution against Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday. The spokesman said the individual letters will be sent to make these countries understand that their decision was incorrect.

Mehmanparast added that Iran would also send letters of gratitude and appreciation to all those countries which voted against the resolution.

The Vienna-based IAEA on Friday adopted a resolution censuring Iran for secretly building a new nuclear enrichment plant at Fordo near Tehran.

Analysts said Iran's move was an effort to ease renewed tensions in the nuclear dispute, and also a bid to avoid financial sanctions against the Islamic state.

Some hardline lawmakers had called on the government to downgrade relations with those countries that voted in favor of the resolution.

However, Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani on Monday adopted a softer tone, saying there was still room for diplomacy to settle the dispute.

Larijani also warned that Iran would adopt "other policies" if the world powers would once again consider sanctions against Iran.