Iran is currently facing possible UN sanctions over its nuclear program. Last month, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] strongly criticized [JURIST report] new attempts to impose UN sanctions. The Iranian leader said that actions being taken by the US and its allies in the UN Security Council [official website] are illegal and that his country will not accept any pressure. In September, Ahmadinejad denied [JURIST report] that Iran had broken nuclear development regulations in respect to a newly-disclosed nuclear facility. The statement followed a press conference where US, British, French, and German leaders said in a joint statement [press release] that Iran had violated the terms of agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) [official website] by failing to disclose in a timely manner the existence of a nuclear facility. Under the terms [IAEA board report, PDF] of a 2003 protocol [text, PDF] to Iran's original IAEA Safeguards Agreement [text, PDF], Iran was obligated to disclose the existence of the plant prior to construction. Iran has previously said it will completely withdraw [JURIST report] from the IAEA if its "nuclear rights" are taken away.