Russia has reject fresh sanctions against Iran, despite a UN report that says Tehran might be trying to manufacture nuclear weapons.
Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Interfax news agency that fresh sanctions could be interpreted as a means of regime alter in Iran.
Earlier, France and the US both said they would pursue fresh sanctions against Iran in the wake of the IAEA report.
Iran says that Iran's nuclear programme is for peaceful means not for nuclear weapons.
However, the US and its allies have long suspected that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, which it is feared could threaten Israel.
"Any additional sanctions against Iran will be seen in the international community as an instrument for regime change in Iran," Mr Gatilov said.
"That approach is not acceptable to us, and the Russian side does not intend to consider such proposals."
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it had information indicating Iran had carried out tests "relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device".
It documents alleged Iranian work on the kind of implosion device that would be needed to detonate a nuclear weapon.
On Wednesday, a defiant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country will not budge "one iota" from its nuclear programme.
He said the IAEA report was based on "empty claims" provided by the US.
"Why do you damage the [UN] agency's dignity because of America's claims are not valid?" he said in a televised speech.
Addressing the US he added: "We will not build two bombs in the face of your 20,000. We will develop something that you cannot respond to, which is ethics, humanity, solidarity and justice.
"You should know that no enemy of the Iranian people has ever tasted victory."
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