Iran announced on Sunday that it had ended all voluntary cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) including snap checks of its nuclear sites.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said at a news conference that the Islamic Republic had ended all voluntary cooperative measures with the UN nuclear watchdog including spot checks and suspension of sensitive nuclear enrichment.

"Iran has ended all voluntary measures it has been undertaking with the IAEA during the past two-and-a-half to three years," Mottaki said.

"We do not have any commitment to the Additional Protocol of the Non-Proliferation Treaty any longer," he added.

Mottaki made the announcement one day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad issued an order to end voluntary cooperative measures as of Sunday in accordance with a law passed by the Majlis (Parliament) last year.

The move came following an emergency meeting of the IAEA board of governors in Vienna on Saturday which adopted a resolution to report Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council.

Source: Xinhua