India's left parties Friday asked the government not to support any move to refer the Iran nuclear issue to the United Nation Security Council, Indo-Asian News Service reported.

The left parities decided to write a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging him not to make any move in favor of any resolution that will take the issue to the UN Security Council at a meeting held here Friday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will hold the vote on the Iran nuclear issue on Feb. 2.

The US Ambassador to India David C Mulford had told Indian media Wednesday that if India did not vote against Iran's nuclear program, the fallout on the Indo-US nuclear deal in the US Congress would be "devastating" and the initiative will "die."

The Indian government denied the link between the Iran vote and Indo-US nuclear deal and Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran also called in Mulford Thursday saying that his comment was inappropriate and not conducive to a strong partnership between the two countries.

India should not support the game being played on the Iran nuclear issue by the United States and the European Union, said A. B. Bardhan, general secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI), after the meeting.

The left parities have allied with the Congress Party in the ruling coalition but not participated in the cabinet.

They also decided to protest against US President George W. Bush's visit to India, which may fall in late February or early March.

Source: Xinhua