UNITED NATIONS: A draft UN sanctions resolution against Iran currently targets 41 Iranian entities and one individual for suspected links to Tehran's nuclear or missile programs, a Western diplomat said on Tuesday.

But at least one name to be added to an existing UN blacklist of firms and individuals remains in dispute and could be deleted prior to the Security Council vote on the resolution, planned for Wednesday at 10a.m. (1400 GMT), several Western diplomats said on condition of anonymity.

Earlier in Istanbul, Iran's president said his country would reject talks on its nuclear program if it was slapped with new UN sanctions.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Western powers to drop the measures in favor of a nuclear fuel swap deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey last month.

"I have said that the US government and its allies are mistaken if they think they can brandish the stick of resolution and then sit down to talk with us, such a thing will not happen," he told a news conference here.

"We will talk to everyone if there is respect and fairness but if someone wants to talk to us rudely and in a domineering manner the response is known already," added the Iranian leader, who is in Turkey for the summit of an Asian security grouping.

The UN Security Council was to hold new closed-door consultations Tuesday on the new sanctions after its 15 members failed to reach a consensus on a meeting on Monday.

A Turkish diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity that Ankara was trying to persuade Iran not to leave the table even if sanctions were imposed.

Ahmadinejad called on Western powers not to dismiss the Turkish-Brazilian nuclear fuel swap, which he described as an opportunity that should be "put to good use.” "Opportunities will not be repeated," he warned.

Tehran was still waiting for a response from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the deal, he added.