TEHRAN, September 14 (Mehr News Agency) -– “We are not going to sign the additional protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) at any cost,” Ali Akbar Salehi, the Iranian representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said here Saturday.

Salehi told the German magazine Der Spiegel that the resolution that the IAEA Governing Board passed on Friday, which set October 31 as the deadline for Iran to prove it has no secret nuclear weapons program, does not give Iran enough time to sign the additional protocol to the NPT..

He also criticized Germany for supporting the ultimatum, adding that the Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to quickly resolve the problem in a friendly manner, before anything bad happens..

The IAEA resolution, submitted by Australia, Canada, and Japan, calls on Iran to accelerate cooperation with the agency to answer questions about Tehran's nuclear program and urges Tehran to suspend all activities related to uranium enrichment.