[Please note that only the original French text issued by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs may be considered official.]

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Q - While an IAEA delegation is in Teheran for the latest round of talks, Ali Larijani has warned against new Security Council sanctions, considering this would render his country's cooperation with the IAEA "sterile." What's your reaction? What do you expect from these talks? How is work progressing on a new resolution on sanctions?

A - Resolution 1747 requested a report from the IAEA director-general for May 24. This was handed in and it confirmed that Iran was not implementing the Security Council resolutions. After May 24, Mr. Solana agreed to see Mr. Larijani again several times, in Madrid and Lisbon; he has stepped up efforts to explain the E3+3 position and the offer made to Iran.

As long as Iran has not agreed to suspend its sensitive activities, we must clearly continue to send a message of firmness. We must therefore, in accordance with resolution 1747, return to the Security Council and begin the necessary consultations for adopting a third resolution on sanctions, and we would like to see it be substantial.

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