Remarks by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on IAEA Report on Iran (Excerpts)

February 18, 2010

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Q Moving on to one other issue, do you have anything to comment about the IAEA reports today on Iran?

MR. GIBBS: Well, look, I think the reports again continue to demonstrate the failure of the Iranian government to live up to its international obligations. The President has on a number of occasions talked about engagement, talked about the benefits of living up to those international obligations. And the IAEA has been -- the IAEA has been charged with trying to seek agreement from the Iranian government on the Tehran research reactor.

And we've always said that if Iran failed to live up to those international obligations, that there would be consequences. And I think this report is -- demonstrates for the world again the obligations they're failing to live up to.

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