Tehran could face tougher economic sanctions...

Earlier in the day, Iran notified the UN nuclear watchdog of plans to produce higher enriched uranium, saying it could not wait any longer to reach an agreement on international processing of its uranium for a reactor in Tehran.

"The international community will not support this position. The issue of tighter economic sanctions against Tehran could be raised," said Konstantin Kosachyov, head of the State Duma international affairs committee.

He added that the international community should send Iran a "strong, consolidated signal" about the unacceptability of such a move, which he described as a "setback."

Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Tehran"s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, told state-owned Al-Alam television from Vienna that an official letter on the start of the 20% uranium enrichment activities to provide the research reactor in Tehran with fuel has been handed over to the IAEA.

Under a plan drawn up by the IAEA last October, the Islamic

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