11/09/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/09/2024 22:04
Chair,
On behalf of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, I thank Director General Grossi for his latest report on Iran's nuclear programme.
The E3 are very grateful to the Agency for the professional, independent and impartial work of their team of inspectors and for their objective reporting on Iran's nuclear programme. We encourage the Director General to keep the Board informed of all relevant activities and developments.
Once again, the IAEA reports the continued expansion of Iran's nuclear activities, in increasing violation of its JCPoA commitments. The Agency recalls once again that it is not able to ensure Iran's nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful, and highlights that Iran is the only state without nuclear weapons to undertake production and accumulation of high enriched uranium.
Chair,
In the reporting period, Iran has continued to enrich uranium far beyond its JCPoA commitments :
We also recall previous IAEA reports of Iran's uranium metal-related work. The production of Uranium metal is a key step in the development of a nuclear weapon and we urge Iran not to undertake this work again.
Chair,
Iran continues obstructing the IAEA, which has detrimental implications for the Agency's ability to provide assurance of the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme :
Chair,
We would like to remind this Board of the statements made in Iran about its technical capability to produce nuclear weapons and the possibility of changing its so-called nuclear doctrine.
We again call on Iran to urgently:
Chair,
Iran's escalating nuclear activities significantly harm international security and undermine the global non-proliferation architecture. We will continue consultations, alongside international partners, on how best to address collective doubts of the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme. In 2022, Iran twice refused a negotiated outcome and instead chose to escalate and expand its nuclear programme to alarming levels. We remain committed to a diplomatic solution and stand ready to use all diplomatic levers available to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Finally, we ask the Director General to keep the Board of Governors informed on the status of Iran's nuclear programme. We ask for the report to be made public.
Thank you.