TEHRAN –- On Saturday, a top lawmaker praised the independent stance of Russia and China on Iran’s nuclear issue and said the Islamic Republic expects other countries such as France and Germany will join the “caravan of countries with independent stances” and pave the way for a political settlement of the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program.

“We advise the (other) UN Security Council permanent members to shun all influence of the U.S. and pave the way for talks and understanding on Iran’s nuclear dossier,” Majlis Foreign Policy and National Security Committee Chairman Alaeddin Borujerdi told the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA).

Envoys of Germany and the five veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- met privately for an hour at Britain's UN mission in New York to resume discussions on a UN draft resolution on Iran.

“The content of the draft resolution is very tough,” he said, adding the “irrationality of its contents” shows that the text has been co-written by the United States and Britain.

The lawmaker said it was predictable that Russia and China would oppose the draft text. He stated, “The U.S. is attempting to modify the content of the resolution to gain the consent of Russia and China.”

The U.S. is seeking to isolate Iran somewhat by imposing “illogical sanctions” on Tehran, he observed.

Noting that Washington is manipulating the current nuclear standoff, the former career diplomat stated that the U.S. seeks goals beyond Iran’s nuclear program and that is why Russia and China oppose such plots.

Russia and China indicated that they will not support a draft resolution imposing tough sanctions on Iran for its refusal to halt its uranium enrichment program, AP reported.

The comments by Russia's foreign minister and China's UN ambassador were the strongest reactions yet to the draft by the two key UN Security Council members.

"What the EU troika drew up went way beyond what had been agreed," Sergei Lavrov told a news conference on Friday after talks in Brussels with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja representing the EU Presidency, and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.

"We cannot support measures that in essence are aimed at isolating Iran from the outside world, including isolating people who are called upon to conduct negotiations on the nuclear program," the Interfax news agency quoted Lavrov as saying Wednesday. China's UN Ambassador Wang Guangya said "there are still different views on what kind of actions the council needs to do under the current circumstances."

Wang said "the major concern" is that some members want tough sanctions like those in the resolution that the council approved on Oct. 14 to punish North Korea for conducting a nuclear test.