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"Madam President, Minister Alexander, I can still recall the situation 15 years ago when an Iranian delegation approached the newly-freed Czechoslovakia to buy its nuclear equipment for the Bushehr power plant. I do not think that the situation has changed a lot since then, even though I have seen Iranians coming through Shaff al-Arab to Basra; even though we have seen British soldiers dying in southern Iraq; even though we know about Iranian support to Hizbollah; even though we know about human rights violations. I think that being gathered here today is the only clear aim.
We have to stop Iran from completing its nuclear fuel cycle. We have to stop enrichment as a conversion-related activity which is not allowed and covered by NPT. No one denies the Iranian right to nuclear energy for civilian use. Nevertheless, we need to stop its military programme. We have to bring Iran back to the negotiating table to push it to ratify the additional protocol, to adopt all transparency measures and to cooperate in a transparent way and work with the IAEA.
We strongly support here today the Council decisions and the EU Troika. We especially support France and the UK if it is indeed true that this afternoon Iran has sent signals that it is returning to the negotiation table. It would be great if this were to happen. Nevertheless, we do not have the right to blame the US. We have to blame a damaging, totalitarian, oppressive regime which is not able to prove that it is going to use its nuclear energy for civilian purposes only. Today all of us – Parliament, the Council and Commission – have to stand firm, strong and unified."@en1
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