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"Mr President, to answer Mr Mitchell on this serious issue, the EU still has serious concerns over Iran’s nuclear programme and the country’s lack of interest in responding fully to the concerns raised by the possible military dimension of this programme. In December 2007 the European Council declared that it would be unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear military capability.
In this respect, the Council has on numerous occasions condemned the fact that Iran has not fulfilled its international obligations, which are laid down in Resolutions 1696, 1737, 1747 and 1803 of the United Nations Security Council, specifically the obligation to suspend all activity linked to uranium enrichment, which is crucial if we are to have the necessary framework to begin negotiations and move towards a long-term solution.
The EU has always supported Iran’s right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and if Iran wants to rebuild the confidence of the international community in the peaceful nature of its nuclear programme, it must suspend sensitive activities involving the nuclear fuel cycle. The proposals made by Mr Solana in June 2006, repeated in June 2008 on behalf of the six most closely involved countries, still apply and must be used to break the current deadlock.
The EU strongly regrets the fact that Iran suspended the provisional application of the Additional Protocol in February 2006. As a result of this – as underlined by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – the IAEA knows less about certain aspects of the Iranian nuclear programme.
In addition, as we were recently reminded once again by the Director General of the IAEA in his report of 15 September, Iran is still refusing to answer specific questions that the IAEA has put to it about activities linked to the design and production of nuclear weapons. As the IAEA Director General said – and I cannot draw a different conclusion – this situation is a source of grave concern for the EU and the international community."@en1
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