Foreign Secretary comments on IAEA report regarding Iran鈥檚 Nuclear Programme
皇冠体育app IAEA Director General鈥檚 latest report on Iran鈥檚 nuclear programme was discussed in Vienna on 9 March.
Both the E3+3 and EU issued statements of support for the Director General.
Speaking about the report, Foreign Secretary William Hague said:
鈥溁使谔逵齛pp latest IAEA report provides further evidence for the international community鈥檚 deep concerns about the nature of Iran鈥檚 nuclear programme.
鈥溁使谔逵齛pp report comprehensively outlines the many areas where Iran is failing to comply with its international obligations. Iran continues to enrich uranium in defiance of numerous UN Security Council and IAEA Board Resolutions, and has consistently failed to answer questions about possible military dimensions of its programme. 皇冠体育app Director General is also clear that the agency鈥檚 knowledge of Iranian enrichment activities is diminishing - and he therefore cannot confirm that all nuclear material in Iran is 鈥渋n peaceful uses鈥�.
鈥淭his needs to change. Iran should not think that recent events in the Middle East have distracted the world鈥檚 attention away from its nuclear programme. 皇冠体育app statement by the Russian representative today on behalf of the E3+3 shows that our shared concern is undiminished. 皇冠体育app pressure on Iran will continue to grow until the country alters its current stance鈥�.