REMARKS BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY PHILIP CROWLEY ON
the
U.S. response to the iaea concerning the proposed Iranian
nuclear fuel deal
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
June 4, 2010
Excerpts
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QUESTION: The Turkish ambassador said this morning there had been a response today to the – Iran’s letter to the IAEA, but he wasn’t clear whether the response came from the Vienna group of the IAEA itself. Can you shed some light?
MR. CROWLEY: We have responded to the IAEA regarding the Iranian letter and the joint declaration. We’ll take the question as to whether that was a response by the United States only. I think it actually was our response[1]. I think each country of the Vienna group was responding individually. But we – as we’ve said many times, we’ve continued to have concerns about Iran’s noncompliance with its international obligations, its continued enrichment, and we will continue to work on these issues both in Vienna and in New York.
[1] The United States, Russia and France provided Director General Amano with our joint response to Iran’s latest communication to the IAEA.