• Military

• WMD Menu                           

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

European trio call on Iran to freeze its uranium enrichment activities permanently

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, Nov 23, IRNA -- The European Union troika in the Board of 
Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) welcomed 
Iran`s freezing its uranium enrichment activities and called on Tehran
to make the decision a permanent one. 
Germany, France and Britain which managed to reach an agreement 
with Iran on its nuclear activities just recently called for permanent
freezing of Tehran`s nuclear activities in their proposed resolution 
Monday night. 
In the two-page secret resolution, a copy of which was obtained by
IRNA here, the three countries, relying on the reports and remarks of 
IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei have verified suspension of 
uranium enrichment activities by Iran. 
They have also referred to Iran`s move as a positive measure to 
promote trust and confidence. 
The EU troika in the Board of Governors, referring to ElBaradei`s 
report which stresses there is no evidence on any nuclear activity 
of Iran related to military purposes, went on to stress that the IAEA 
is not yet confident enough to announce whether Iran has any 
undeclared or concealed nuclear activities. 
Pointing to the fact the IAEA Board of Governors had previously 
demanded Iran to freeze its uranium enrichment and conversion 
activities, the EU criticized Iran for its recent attempts to produce 
hexaflouride gas and called on the IAEA to probe into the case. 
In the draft resolution to be proposed to the IAEA Board of 
Governors, the three big Europeans have called on ElBaradei to go on 
with precise and detailed inspection plans of Iran`s nuclear programs 
for any duration of time needed in order to verify the truth of Iran`s
claims on suspending its uranium enrichment activities. 
The European troika further voiced their support for the recent 
decision of the IAEA director general to follow up the remaining 
issues to reach a valid guarantee on Iran`s nuclear activities. 
Hailing Iran`s growing cooperation with IAEA inspectors, they 
also called on Iran to permit any form of abrupt and non-declared 
visits to any of its nuclear sites desired by the agency. 
The meeting of the Board of Governors to discuss Iran`s nuclear 
activities as well as a number of other issues will be held Thursday 
in Vienna, Austria. 
Some experts are of the opinion that the tone of the proposed 
resolution, while suggesting a number of unusual demands, is still 
quite mild. 
They say it stands in sharp contradiction with US views in many 
cases and believe upon the approval of the resolution, Iran`s dossier 
will remain open in the IAEA but would not be referred to the United 
Nations Security Council the one the US desires. 
1424/1432