A top Iranian lawmaker has rejected the possibility of Iran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment.

The call by prominent conservative lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi intensifies pressures on the government to reject a U.N.-backed plan to allay international concerns over Iran's nuclear program.

The semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted Boroujerdi Saturday as saying that Iran won't ship its low enriched uranium abroad in a single batch or in several shipments under any circumstances.

Earlier, Iran had indicated that it might agree to send only "part" of its stockpile in several shipments.

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The lawmaker said Iran itself should be doing the necessary enriching.

Enriching uranium can turn it into nuclear fuel, or if done further, material for a weapon.