Iran not concerned about UN deadline over disputed nuclear program

Iran said Monday it is not concerned about this week's UN deadline demanding it suspend a key part of its disputed nuclear program or face political and economic sanctions. The UN Security Council has given Iran until Thursday to suspend a key part of its nuclear program - the enrichment of uranium, a process that can produce either fuel for a reactor or material for a warhead.

But Iran has refused any immediate suspension, calling the deadline as illegal. "Moving in the international framework is not a matter of concern for us," Said government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham. (AP)