Yazdi, Iran's deputy U.N. ambassador, said Tehran's program was aimed at producing fuel for atomic reactors generating electricity. The same process can be used to make atomic bombs and Tehran risks being reported to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions if it does not freeze enrichment before an IAEA board meeting on Nov. 25. In Tehran, a senior official told Reuters on Monday that Iran could agree to freeze uranium enrichment for six months at most and only if the European Union abandons its demand that Tehran scrap enrichment for good. Danesh-Yazdi said Tehran would cooperate with the IAEA but said actions against Iran were politically motivated. He also said it was "plausible" that contamination found in Iran had not resulted from uranium enrichment. --More 2246 Local Time 1946 GMT
