Today, I will focus first on the need for Iran to provide access to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Then, on our continued commitment to a diplomatic solution. And, third, on the need for all member states to comply fully with Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n
First, as has been reported today, Iran has restricted access for the International Atomic Energy Agency for over six months, including at the sites of greatest proliferation concern.<\/p>\n
This is despite the IAEA making clear that there is no technical or equipment-related reason preventing them from returning to the damaged sites.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s restrictions mean that the IAEA is unable to verify the location of Iran\u2019s enriched uranium stockpile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This includes over 400kg of high enriched uranium, for which there is no credible civilian justification.<\/p>\n
We call on Iran urgently to lift its restrictions and fully cooperate with the IAEA, in line with its legal obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty.<\/p>\n
Second, the United Kingdom remains committed to a diplomatic solution to address international concerns with Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n
We urge Iran to engage in direct talks with the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The UK, alongside its E3 partners, stands ready to support a diplomatic solution. We are engaging with all interlocutors and continue to encourage both sides to return to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n
Future sanctions relief remains possible should Iran take concrete, verifiable, and durable steps to address international concern with its nuclear programme.<\/p>\n
Third, we call on Iran and all member states to comply fully with Security Council decisions on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n
As a result of Iran\u2019s significant non-performance of its JCPoA commitments, the United Kingdom, alongside France and Germany, triggered the snapback process in full accordance with Security Council resolution 2231.<\/p>\n
This process completed on 28 September.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As a result, Council resolution 2231 remains in force, and the provisions of the six resolutions previously lifted have come back into effect.<\/p>\n
All UN Member States should fully comply with the provisions of the relevant resolutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We are particularly concerned by the suggestion from certain permanent Council members that they will not do so.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We reiterate the importance that all members of this Council seek to maintain international peace and security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, I will focus first on the need for Iran to provide access to the International Atomic Energy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-331819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}