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cyrus Site Admin
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:54 am Post subject: IAEA Reports Iran to U.N. Security Council |
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IAEA Reports Iran to U.N. Security Council
By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer
54 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/nuclear_agency_iran_71
VIENNA, Austria - The U.N. nuclear watchdog Saturday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council in a resolution expressing concern that Tehran's nuclear program may not be "exclusively for peaceful purposes." Iran retaliated immediately, saying it would resume uranium enrichment at its main plant instead of in Russia.
The landmark decision by the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board sets the stage for future action by the top U.N. body, which has the authority to impose economic and political sanctions.
Still, any such moves were weeks if not months away. Two permanent council members, Russia and China, agreed to referral only on condition the council take no action before March.
Twenty-seven nations supported the resolution, which was sponsored by three European powers — Britain, France and Germany — and backed by the United States.
Cuba, Syria and Venezuela were the only nations to vote against. Five others — Algeria, Belarus, Indonesia, Libya and South Africa — abstained, a milder form of showing opposition.
Those backing the referral included India, a nation with great weight in the developing world whose stance was unclear until the vote.
Iran reacted immediately, saying a proposal by Moscow to enrich Iranian uranium in Russia was dead.
"Commercial scale uranium enrichment will be resumed in Natanz in accordance with the law passed by the parliament," Javad Vaeidi, deputy head of the powerful National Security Council, told Iran state television in a telephone interview from Vienna.
Iran removed some U.N. seals from its main uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, central Iran, on Jan. 10 and resumed research on nuclear fuel — including small-scale enrichment — after a 2 1/2-year freeze. Full-scale uranium enrichment can produce the fissile core of nuclear warheads.
The Kremlin had proposed that Iran shift its large-scale enrichment of uranium to Russian territory to allay world suspicions that Iran might use the process to develop a nuclear bomb.
Vaeidi also said that after approval by the Iranian council, Iran would stop honoring an agreement with the IAEA allowing its inspectors broad powers to monitor and probe Tehran's nuclear activities.
Iran says it wants to enrich only to make nuclear fuel, but concerns that it might misuse the technology accelerated the chain of events that led to Saturday's Security Council referral.
The IAEA resolution refers to Iran's breaches of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and lack of confidence that it is not trying to make weapons.
It expresses "serious concerns about Iran's nuclear program." It recalls "Iran's many failures and breaches of its obligations" to the nonproliferation treaty, and it expresses "the absence of confidence that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes."
It requests IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei to "report to the Security Council" steps Iran needs to take to dispel suspicions about its nuclear ambitions.
The resolution calls on Iran to:
_Reestablish a freeze on uranium enrichment and related activities.
_Consider whether to stop construction of a heavy water reactor that could be the source of plutonium for weapons.
_Formally ratify an agreement allowing the IAEA greater inspecting authority and continue honoring the agreement before it is ratified.
_Give the IAEA additional power in its investigation of Iran's nuclear program, including "access to individuals" for interviews and to documentation on its black-market nuclear purchases, equipment that could be used for nuclear and non-nuclear purposes and "certain military-owned workshops" where nuclear activities might be going on.
The draft also asks ElBaradei to "convey ... to the Security Council" his report to the next board session in March along with any resolution that meeting might approve.
Agreement on the final wording of the text was reached just hours before Saturday's meeting convened, after Washington compromised on Egypt's demand that the resolution include support for the creation of a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East. Egypt and other Arab states have long linked the two issues of Iran's atomic ambitions and Israel's nuclear weapons status.
The resolution recognized "that a solution to the Iranian issue would contribute to global nonproliferation efforts and ... the objective of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction, including their means of delivery."
A Western diplomat at the meeting said the United States felt strongly about not linking Israel to nuclear concerns in the Middle East when it considers Iran the real threat. But the Americans relented in the face of overwhelming European support for such a clause.
Support for Iran shrank after Russia and China lined up behind the United States, France and Britain — the other three permanent Security Council members — earlier in the week.
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Associated Press reporter Palma Benczenleitner in Vienna contributed to this report.
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Finally! _________________ I am Dariush the Great King, King of Kings, King of countries containing all kinds of men, King in this great earth far and wide, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenian, a Persian, son of a Persian, an Aryan, having Aryan lineage
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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IAEA Board Resolution on Iran
Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Washington, DC
February 4, 2006
I welcome today's action by the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of
Governors to report Iran's dossier to the United Nations Security Council. The
strong majority in favor of the resolution, representing all regions of the
world, underscores the concern of the entire international community about
Iran's nuclear program.
We hope the Iranian regime will heed this clear message. The world will not
stand by if Iran continues on the path to a nuclear weapons capability. Today's
resolution makes clear the steps Iran's regime must take. It must suspend
enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, cooperate fully with the IAEA,
and return to the negotiating process based on the previously agreed terms.
The Iran issue will now be in the domain of the Security Council as well as of
the IAEA. We will continue to consult closely with our European allies, Russia,
China and many other members of the international community in the coming days
and weeks, in this new diplomatic phase.
2006/149
Released on February 4, 2006
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See http://www.state.gov/secretary/ for all remarks by the Secretary of State.
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Oppenheimer
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Canada welcomes IAEA resolution on Iran
Sat. 04 Feb 2006
Iran Focus
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5632
London, Feb. 04 – Canada welcomed on Saturday the decision by the 35-nation board of the United Nations nuclear agency to report Iran to the Security Council.
In a statement, the Canadian government said that the resolution adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board was a “strong statement of the international community’s ongoing serious concerns regarding the nature of Iran’s nuclear program, and an indication of its resolve to find a diplomatic solution”.
Ottawa said that it welcomed the decision to report Iran’s nuclear file to the top UN security body.
“We urge Iran to heed the calls of the international community to fully resume the suspension of all its uranium enrichment-related activities, including research, development and conversion, and to promptly address the lack of confidence resulting from its non-compliance with its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty”, it added. |
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Oppenheimer
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Iran’s president orders resumption of uranium enrichment
Sat. 04 Feb 2006
Iran Focus
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5628
Tehran, Iran, Feb. 04 – Iran will begin uranium enrichment and end its “voluntary” cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency immediately on the basis of a presidential directive issued by hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the government-run Mehr news agency reported on Saturday.
The announcement came after the 35-nation board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency voted to report Iran’s suspected nuclear file to the United Nations Security Council.
Ahmadinejad’s directive was addressed to Reza Aghazadeh, head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), ordering the organisation to resume uranium enrichment and prevent international inspectors’ access to nuclear facilities.
“The law passed in the Majlis on the suspension of voluntary actions if the nuclear file is referred or reported to the Security Council was ratified in the open session of the Majlis on Tuesday 22 November 2005 and was approved by the Guardians Council and is hereby ordered to be implemented”, the presidential directive said.
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Iran to resume nuclear enrichment “immediately”
Sat. 04 Feb 2006
Iran Focus
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5626
Tehran, Iran, Feb. 04 – Iran announced on Saturday that it would “immediately” take steps to resume uranium enrichment and end snap inspection of its nuclear sites after the 35-nation board of governors of the United Nations nuclear watchdog adopted a resolution reporting the Islamic Republic to the Security Council for breaches of its international obligations regarding its suspected nuclear weapons program.
The announcement came minutes after the International Atomic Energy Agency board nations declared their votes.
“Our government is forced to carry out industrial-scale enrichment”, said Javad Vaeidi, a top nuclear negotiator, according to the state-run ISNA news agency.
Vaeidi also said that Iran has to “immediately carry out the law ratified in Majlis to suspend voluntary implementation of the [nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’s] Additional Protocol”.
Saturday’s resolution had 27 votes in its favour, three against, with five abstentions.
Cuba, Syria and Venezuela voted against it, while Algeria, Belarus, Indonesia, Libya and South Africa abstained.
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Iran threatens to create disturbances for U.S. and EU
Wed. 01 Feb 2006
Iran Focus
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5579
Tehran, Iran, Feb. 01 – A senior Iranian official threatened that Iran would create “disturbances” for the United States and European Union if they went through with their plan to refer the Islamic Republic to the United Nations Security Council.
Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former president and currently chairman of the State Expediency Council, said that the decision by the five permanent members of the Security Council (P5) and Germany made in London this week to report Iran to the top UN security body demonstrated the West’s “anger and disappointment” over the fact that they could not successfully influence Tehran to abandon its nuclear pursuit, the Fars news agency, which is run by the Office of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reported.
“It might be that you could create problems for us, but in return we will also create disturbances for you. The Iran of today is far different from the Iran of the past”, Rafsanjani said.
He added that the “oppressive move” would only bring the West “disgrace”.
The powerful cleric said that the P5 had not yet understood the “the great depth” of Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution and Tehran’s reaction to pressure.
The U.S. calls Iran the biggest state sponsor of terrorism. |
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Oppenheimer
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Britain welcomes IAEA’s decision to report Iran to UN
Sat. 04 Feb 2006
Iran Focus
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5624
London, Feb. 04 – Britain welcomed on Saturday the adoption of a resolution by the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council, describing it as “significant”.
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in a statement said, “Today, the IAEA Board has passed a resolution reporting Iran to the United Nations Security Council. The voting was 27 in favour, with 3 against and 5 abstentions. This is a significant improvement in the international consensus since the last resolution in September 2005, not withstanding the tougher nature of this resolution and changed composition of the board”.
“The scale of the vote in this resolution’s favour is significant. It signals the international community’s determination to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in the Middle East. Iran’s failure to comply with IAEA Board resolutions, and its decision not to negotiate with the European side in good faith, prompted the Board’s decision today to involve the Security Council to reinforce the IAEA’s authority”, Straw said .
He added that Iran “still has a crucial opportunity” until March when the IAEA Board meets again to comply with this latest resolution by “resuming full suspension of its enrichment related and reprocessing activities and taking the steps required to address all outstanding questions from the IAEA”.
Otherwise, he said, “Decisions by the Security Council are almost inevitable”. |
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Oppenheimer
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Excerpts from resolution on Iran
Sat. 04 Feb 2006
By The Associated Press
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5631
Excerpts of the text of the resolution on Iran submitted by European nations to the 35-nation board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency referring it Saturday to the U.N. Security Council.
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The Board of Governors ...
(f) Recalling that ... the Director General noted that after nearly three years of intensive verification activity, the Agency is not yet in a position to clarify some important issues relating to Iran's nuclear program or to conclude that there are no undeclared nuclear materials or activities in Iran,
(g) Recalling Iran's many failures and breaches of its obligations to comply with its NPT Safeguards Agreement and the absence of confidence that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes resulting from the history of concealment of Iran's nuclear activities, the nature of those activities and other issues ...
(m) Recognizing that a solution to the Iranian issue would contribute to global nonproliferation efforts and to realizing the objective of the Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction, including their means of delivery,
1. Underlines that outstanding questions can best be resolved and confidence built in the exclusive peaceful nature of Iran's program by Iran responding positively to the calls for confidence building measures which the Board has made on Iran, and in this context deems it necessary for Iran to:
- re-establish full and sustained suspension of all enrichment-related and processing activities, including research and development, to be verified by the Agency;
- reconsider the construction of a research reactor moderated by heavy water;
- ratify promptly and implement in full Additional Protocol;
- pending ratification, continue to act in accordance with the provisions of the Additional Protocol which Iran signed on 18 December 2003; ...
3. Expresses serious concern that the Agency is not yet in a position to clarify ... the fact that Iran has in its possession a document on the production of uranium metal hemispheres, since, as reported by the Secretariat, this process is related to the fabrication of nuclear weapon components; and, noting that the decision to put this document under Agency seal is a positive step, requests Iran to maintain this document under Agency seal and to provide a full copy to the Agency;
4. Deeply regrets that ... Iran resumed uranium conversion activities at its Isfahan facility on 8 August 2005 and took steps to resume enrichment activities on 10 January 2006;
5. Calls on Iran to understand that there is a lack of confidence in Iran's intentions in seeking to develop a fissile material production capability against the background of Iran's record on safeguards as recorded in previous Resolutions, and outstanding issues ... |
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:09 am Post subject: |
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 4, 2006
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/
President's Statement on IAEA Board Vote to Report Iran to U.N. Security Council
Today in Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors voted to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council. This important step sends a clear message to the regime in Iran that the world will not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons.
The Security Council will now address the IAEA Board's finding of "Iran's many failures and breaches of its obligations to comply" with its Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement. We expect the Security Council to add its weight to the IAEA Board's calls for the Iranian regime to: return to the Paris Agreement suspending all enrichment and reprocessing activity; cooperate fully with the IAEA; and return to negotiations with the EU-3 of Great Britain, France, and Germany. Those steps are necessary for the regime to begin to restore any confidence that it is not seeking nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian program.
Today's vote by the IAEA Board is not the end of diplomacy or the IAEA's role. Instead, it is the beginning of an intensified diplomatic effort to prevent the Iranian regime from developing nuclear weapons. We will continue working with our international partners to achieve that common objective. The path chosen by Iran's new leaders -- threats, concealment, and breaking international agreements and IAEA seals -- will not succeed and will not be tolerated by the international community. The regime's continued defiance only further isolates Iran from the rest of the world and undermines the Iranian people's aspirations for a better life.
I end with a message to the Iranian people. The action today by the IAEA Board of Governors is not about denying the Iranian people the benefits of civilian nuclear power. The EU-3 and Russia, with the support of the United States, have made the Iranian regime offers that would enable Iran to have a civil nuclear energy program. The international community's sole purpose in this vote is to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons by the regime. Iran's true interests lie in working with the international community to enjoy the benefits of peaceful nuclear energy, not in isolating Iran by continuing to develop the capability to build nuclear weapons. |
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