Iran on Saturday condemned a UN Security Council resolution on Iran as an illegal measure, Iran's state television reported.

Iran considers the new UN Security Council resolution as "an illegal measure taken outside the framework of its duty and against the UN Charter," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said in a statement.

The new resolution will not stop Iran's nuclear progress and it will push ahead with its peaceful nuclear programs, he said, adding that Iran would carry out its plan to install 3,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges.

Iran will work to "make operational the 3,000 centrifuges in Natanz as a continuation of its peaceful nuclear activities," he said.

The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to pass a resolution imposing sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear activities.

The resolution demanded that Iran "suspend all enrichment- related and reprocessing activities, including research and development," and "work on all heavy water-related projects."

It also called on all countries to impose a ban on trade with Iran in goods related to its nuclear programs and ballistic missile delivery systems.

Ordinary Iranians showed mixed feelings toward the resolution, with some considering it as "waging a war" and others shrugging it off as nothing serious.

"This is like waging a war against a nation which wants to be independent and make progress," said Ali Kazemi, who runs a small car repair shop in Tehran's central Imam Khomeini Avenue.

"Our officials should not tolerate such a humiliation," he added.

Mahmoud Yarandi, a taxi driver, dismissed the sanctions as " ridiculous" and said that Iranians have been used to threats.

"It has been for about 25 years that we have been sanctioned, but the measures have only resulted in something the West did not expect," he said.

"This time, you should not expect something serious to happen either," Yarandi said. "We have a big and powerful country here."

But some Iranians voiced concerns over international sanctions against their country.

"I don't think they (the sanctions) will affect our lives for now. But it is not a good thing to be isolated. I don't know what will happen next," said Ebrahim, a money exchange clerk who only gave his first name.

Source: Xinhua