"The resolution was adopted by consensus, without a vote," International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told reporters.

Britain, France and Germany had submitted the resolution, which was strongly opposed by non-aligned countries, which are against imposing a deadline on Iran to suspend uranium enrichment.

The non-aligned states called for a vote on an amendment which would have made uranium enrichment not subject to the deadline but the IAEA's 35-nation board of governors decided not to vote on the amendment.

The United States claims Iran is secretly developing nuclear weapons and has been lobbying strongly here for decisive action against the Islamic Republic.

Washington pressed for an October 31 ultimatum for Tehran to fully suspend uranium enrichment and report on its other activities to the IAEA and for Iran to be automatically referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions if it failed to do so.

But in a compromise, Washington and the so-called Euro 3 -- Britain, France and Germany -- set a November 25 deadline for a full review of Iran's nuclear program and called on Tehran to "immediately" suspend all uranium enrichment activities, with this also being reviewed in November.

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