Iran warned the UN Security Council on Monday against imposing new sanctions over its nuclear activities, saying such a move would render its cooperation with the UN atomic agency and other talks “sterile”.

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) started a third round of talks in Tehran on Monday to resolve the remaining issues between the two sides

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underlined brotherly and consolidated ties between Iran and Turkey, saying that no foreign actor or element may undermine Tehran-Ankara relations.