Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Louise Ellman (Labour). It was answered on Monday, 27 February 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Iran

Question: Is my right hon. Friend satisfied with the strength of the international resolve to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state? What does he believe the next step should be?

Answer: One of the effects of the diplomacy pursued by what has become known as the E3—the United Kingdom, under the Foreign Secretary, Germany and France—has been to build increasing unanimity and solidarity in the international community, increasing awareness of the dangers and increasing regret that Iran has, thus far, not taken the opportunity to try to resolve the matter diplomatically. The next step must surely be for Iran to re-engage in suspending the activities that breached its earlier promises and to try to do that before 6 March, when the next meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency takes place. Like the whole international community, I hope that Iran will take the opportunity to re-engage and try to find a diplomatic resolution of the problem.

Secondary information

Type: Oral question
Reference: 443 c8
Session: 2005-06
Oral question type: Supplementary
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Nuclear weapons Nuclear power Iran International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Link: View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk