"The posture of certain countries (on the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency) is irresponsible and arrogant," Kharazi said in a statement published by state news agency IRNA.

"Unfortunately, some are trying openly and willfully to destroy the process of cooperation between Iran and the agency and seeking to cut the agency out of the process.

"If the extremists take control of the matter and do no recognize our legitimate rights to have peaceful nuclear activities, we will then be obliged to review the situation and the current level of cooperation with the agency," he added.

The IAEA is set to consider at a meeting in Vienna Wednesday an October 31 deadline for Iran to prove it is not secretly trying to develop atomic weapons.

The United States accused Iran Tuesday of being in breach of safeguards agreements from the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty but supported a proposed "last chance" for Tehran to clear up questions about its atomic program.

France, Germany and Britain jointly called on Iran to fully disclose its contested nuclear program by the end of October, in a draft resolution submitted Tuesday to the 35-nation IAEA board.

The draft called on "Iran to provide accelerated cooperation and full transparency" to the IAEA.

It did not say what would happen if Iran did not cooperate, but a Western diplomat said what was important was "that a signal is sent, that a clear bright line is laid down that Iran must comply with IAEA requests in a quick, complete and transparent manner."

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