TEHRAN – Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary General Ali Larijani said here on Tuesday that any move to report or refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council over its nuclear program would signal the end of diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue.

“We regard any referral or report of Iran to the Security Council as the end of diplomacy, and this would not be positive at all,” he told reporters after a meeting with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf Bin Alawi.

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- the U.S., Russia, China, France, and the UK -- and Germany issued a joint statement following talks on Tuesday calling on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to refer the Iranian nuclear dossier to the UN Security Council at its meeting on February 2.

“It would be a shameful measure for European countries and the IAEA Board of Governors to refer Iran to the UN because of its nuclear research activities. I do not want to use the term scandalous,” Larijani said.

“No referral has been mentioned in the statement. But, to me, the Europeans should be more careful,” he added.

The first message that Iran has gotten from this statement is that Europe is no longer capable of resolving Iran’s nuclear issue, he said.

“We thought that Europe had the potential to resolve the issue, but since they moved toward another path, we have to seek other ways to achieve a peaceful resolution of the issue.”

Larijani reiterated the Islamic Republic of Iran's call for holding further talks with the Europeans, saying Iran "will use all peaceful means to achieve its nuclear technology rights within the framework of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)”.

“We still believe that we can achieve good results through talks, but it will not be in the interest of the Europeans if they define the conditions in a non-peaceful way. We advise them to continue constructive negotiations with Iran."

The Iranian Majlis has ratified a bill according to which the government is obliged to end all voluntary cooperation with the IAEA in case of UN referral.

“In case of a referral or report of Iran to the UN Security Council, we will be obliged to end all voluntary suspension and will also halt the implementation of the additional protocol to the NPT,” Larijani said.

Countries that have called for Iran to be referred to the UN, thinking that a new type of diplomacy could be initiated under such circumstances, should realize that negotiations then would be subject to less supervision, he added.

However, Larijani noted that Iran did not want to "be dragged down this route" and asserted "we can still resolve the crisis peacefully". Asked whether Iran would reconsider the process of its nuclear talks with Russia in light of Moscow’s new stance on the nuclear issue, he stated, “I am not yet aware of Russia’s position and they have not yet defined it for us.”

But Iran wants its rights officially recognized and does not want anyone to stand against the will of the nation, he added.

When some countries use all their power to halt nuclear research in Iran, they should also expect Iran to make use of its potential in the region, Larijani said.

He stated that international organizations should make their own decisions, adding that the fact that several countries can issue an order for an international technical organization shows that these organizations are only used as tools.

Meanwhile, Atomic Energy Agency of Iran Director Gholamreza Aqazadeh said there is no "legal basis" for calling in the Security Council.

“The Europeans cannot find a legal basis within the regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency to send the Iranian dossier to the UN Security Council, and that is the greatest difficulty," he told the ISNA news agency.