Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that his country's decision to keep on its nuclear program would not be weakened by possible UN sanctions, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday.

"I think sanctions by European countries and the West will have no effect on our decision," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.

"They (the West) have done everything that they could against us for 27 years, this is not new," he added.

In less than two weeks, Ahmadinejad has reiterated many times that Iran would not step back on its legal nuclear rights, warning the West not to imagine that the country would suspend uranium enrichment for even one day.

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution in late July, urging Tehran to suspend by Aug. 31 all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development, or face prospect of sanctions.

It was reported that the six nations including the United States, Russia, Germany, France, China and Britain would start to discuss this week a resolution imposing sanctions on Iran if it does not suspend its nuclear program.

Despite Tehran's failure to meet the UN demand, EU foreign ministers decided in September to maintain serious talks with Tehran in efforts to solve Iran's nuclear issue through diplomacy.

Source: Xinhua