VIENNA, Austria  - The European Union has accused Iran of possessing documents, which are used solely for the production of nuclear arms. According to them, it is a sort of warning of possible referral to the U.N. Security Council.

According to George Jahn of AP, the press statement, made available before planned delivery later in the day, was described by a diplomat as a summary of what Britain, France and Germany would tell a closed session of the International Atomic Energy Agency board, which began meeting on Thursday.

The statement said the EU would accuse Iran of possessing suspicious documents that "have no other application other than the production of nuclear weapons.''

"Failure to make progress'' on easing international concerns about Iran's nuclear program"will hasten the day when the board decides that a report to the Security Council must be made,'' said the statement to be delivered by Peter Jenkins, the chief British delegate to the IAEA.

ccording to George Jahn, the European Union also reserves the right to call an emergency board meeting before the next scheduled gathering in March - for possible Security Council referral - "if Iranian behavior makes it necessary,'' said the statement.

The statement alluded to new revelations of concern contained in a report drawn up for the board meeting by IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei, including a finding showing the Iranians in possession of what appeared to be drawings of the core of an atomic warhead.

But the main issue is Iran's refusal to give up its right to uranium enrichment, which can be used to generate power but also to make weapons-grade material for nuclear warheads. Iran says it wants only to make fuel, but international concern is growing that the program could be misused.

A plan floated in recent weeks foresees moving any Iranian enrichment plan to Russia. There, in theory, Moscow would supervise the process to make sure enrichment is only to fuel levels.

But Iran insists it wants to control the complete fuel cycle domestically.

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