The crisis over Iran’s nuclear programme looked set to escalate this week, with Tehran vowing to defy and retaliate against a tough resolution expected to be adopted by the UN Security Council. A prominent MP warned Monday that Iran could halt cooperation with inspectors from the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and even quit the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. “If the United Nations adopts a resolution, it could lead to examining suspension of Iran’s membership to the NPT and revising Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA,” Alaeddin Borujerdi, head of the parliamentary national security commission told Mehr news agency. Full Story