The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was strongly opposed to the use of force against Iran, Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha said Thursday.

"Our position is clear, that is we firmly oppose military actions against Tehran and support the continuation of negotiations between Iran and six international mediators," Bordyuzha said here at the conference "CSTO: New Significant Factor for Stability and Security on Eurasian Space."

"We hope the situation in Iran will be settled by political and diplomatic means. It's the peaceful resolution of the conflict that can improve the situation," he said.

He also said that Iran should cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Meanwhile, Bordyuzha added that the CSTO was undertaking measures in case Iran's situation would deteriorate.

Russia's permanent representative at the CSTO Igor Lyakin- Frolov said that the organization was closely monitoring the situation and called for restraint of provocative actions.

"Nobody wants a military scenario," Lyakin-Frolov said.

CSTO, a body comprising Russia and six other Commonwealth of Independent States countries, is a military alliance which was found in May 2002.