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US, EU at odds over IAEA resolution on Iran`s nuke program

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, June 15, IRNA -- The US and EU are at loggerhead over IAEA 
final resolution on Iran`s nuclear program, said a US official here 
Tuesday. 
Speaking to IRNA, the spokesman to US delegation to the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Washington 
was after a strong-worded resolution that obliges Iran 
to answer all remaining ambiguities about its nuclear program. 
The United States accuses Iran of attempting to develop nuclear 
weapons and is pressing the IAEA to adopt a strong resolution against 
the country and refer the issue to the U.N. Security Council for 
possible sanctions. 
The spokesman also accused the EU trio (Britain, Germany and 
France) of taking into consideration their own trade relations with 
Iran in preparing a `moderate draft resolution` on the country. 
"Iran can only benefit from such advantages only when if has 
relations with the US too," said the spokesman in an unusual remarks 
without saying what he really meant by advantages. 
Expressing doubt over the possibility of the EU`s draft 
resolution being passed by the IAEA, the spokesman stressed that 
the final resolution should include a deadline and timetable for 
Iran to cooperate fully with the agency as well as the world 
"condemnation". 
He also emphasized that setting a deadline and timetable was 
always a useful way to "push countries pursuing nuclear programs 
to abide by laws and regulations. 
"Iran must instantly allow the IAEA inspectors to visit the 
country`s nuclear sites" and carry out snap inspections, concluded the
spokesman. 
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