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Iran

Answer

Successive reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General have made clear Iran’s failure to co-operate folly with the IAEA and its failure to address the IAEA Board’s concerns. As a result, the Board requested in its Resolution of 4 February that the Director-General should report to the UN Security Council the steps required of Iran.Since then the Security Council has taken a close interest. In a Presidential Statement on 29 March, the Security Council called on Iran to comply with IAEA Board Resolutions, including by fully suspending all uranium enrichment related and reprocessing activities. Security Council Resolution 1696, adopted on 31 July, made the suspension mandatory.The IAEA Director-General’s 31 August report makes clear that Iran has not complied with IAEA Board and Security Council Resolutions. Nor has Iran taken the steps that would enable negotiations on a long-term solution to begin on the basis of the generous proposals Javier Solana presented on 6 June on behalf of the ‘E3+3’(France, Germany, UK + China, Russia, US).E3+3 Foreign Ministers met in London on 6 October and agreed that Iran’s approach leaves us no choice but to seek another Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions. We are now consulting members of the Security Council on a draft. We continue to urge Iran to respond positively to our proposals. If Iran takes the steps required by the IAEA Board and the Security Council we remain ready to suspend further action by the Council.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

451 c471W; 98345

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Nuclear power Iran

Link

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