Iran's president has said his country will not abandon its nuclear rights after talks with world powers ended without agreement.
International foreign ministers and diplomats from six world powers and Iran spent three days in Geneva trying to broker a deal on limiting Iranian atomic programmes, in exchange for lifting some sanctions on the country.
Although they were unable to find a breakthrough, the two sides agreed to to meet again in less than two weeks.
The talks are reported to have stalled over France's request that Iran reduce its stockpiles of 20% uranium by oxidising it, putting it further away from being weapons grade material but still usable in a fuel programme.
After the talks concluded early on Sunday morning in Geneva, Hassan Rouhani told the conservative-dominated parliament in Tehran: "There are red lines that must not be crossed.
"The rights of the Iranian nation and our national interests are a red line. So are nuclear rights under the framework of international regulations, which include enrichment on Iranian soil," he said, according to the ISNA news agency.
Tehran has always insisted its programme is for energy and other civil purposes, not military.
Optimism about a potential breakthrough in the decade-long dispute were raised when senior politicians - including US Secretary of State John Kerry and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague - joined the talks.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and a Chinese deputy foreign minister also flew in to take part.
The Natanz uranium enrichment facility But when French foreign minister Laurent Fabius told France Inter radio that Paris could not accept a "fool's game" his pointed remarks hinted at a rift within the Western camp.
Sky's Foreign Affairs Editor Tim Marshall, in Geneva, said: "I really think they were close. The Iranians were slightly less disappointed but I think Laurent Fabius is going to take some heat from this.
"The US and Britain have led the toughest line against the Iranians in the last five years but France has been as tough as anyone, if not tougher."
Mr Hague said there remained a "good chance" of a deal being struck with Iran soon.
"There is a good chance of that but it is a formidably difficult negotiation," he told BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
"I can't say exactly when it will conclude but...our negotiators will be trying again so we will keep an enormous amount of energy and persistence behind solving this."
The remaining gaps between the two sides were "narrow", he said.
"These talks have been very detailed. They have made a lot of progress and there is no doubt...that the parties are closer together than before we had these talks."
The six world powers and Iran agreed to resume talks on November 20 to try to clinch a deal.
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