Iran is publicly stating that they don't like the idea of being hauled in front of the UN:
Iran said on Tuesday a move by the world's top five powers to report it to the U.N. Security Council would close diplomatic avenues to a solution of its long-running nuclear standoff with the West.Diplomatic avenues? It's simply a roadmap to developing nuclear weapons right under the noses of the West with their silent assent to the whole process. They're worried that the plan to let the Russians process nuclear materials in Russia on behalf of Iran and then provide some nuclear materials to Iran would fall through. The materials provided by the Russians wouldn't be weapons grade materials, but it would permit the Iranians to concentrate on enriching other materials in their possession to weapons-grade without tipping off those who are supposed to be watching. That is, unless those in the IAEA aren't spying on behalf of the Iranians.
Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, plus Germany and the European Union agreed in London that the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog should report to the council this week on what Iran must do to cooperate with the agency.
Iran reacted angrily to the new pressure and said even reporting its case to the council would kill off diplomatic efforts to resolve the row over a nuclear program that Tehran says is purely peaceful, not military as the West suspects.
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