As my delegation stated in the last meeting of the Board, the policy of the new government of Iran is based on "mutual confidence-building and constructive interaction" in its international relations. This policy is gradually bearing fruits even in its early stages. We had two important achievements in a very short period of time: First, the "Joint Statement on a Framework for Cooperation" which was endorsed by the Islamic Republic of Iran and the IAEA in Tehran on 11 November 2013 and then the "Joint Plan of Action" agreed by the Foreign Ministers of the Group of EU3+3 and Iran in Geneva on 24 November 2013.

I would like to appreciate Director General Amano, and members of the Agency's team for their efforts. The recent report of the Agency reconfirms very evidently that all of Iran's nucler activities are peaceful and under the full-scope safeguards of the IAEA. With regard to the present and past issues, after our initatives on practical measures and intensive negotiations in the September 27th, 28th and 29th October and 11th of November meetings, Iran and the Agency signed a "Joint Statement on a Framework for Cooperation," according to which the Agency and Iran have agreed to strengthen their cooperation and dialogue aimed at ensuring the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program through the resolution of all outstanding issues that have not already been resolved by the IAEA. Furthermore, the Agency agreed to continue to take into account Iran's security concerns, including through the use of managed access and the protection of confidential information. In the technical meeting in Tehran on 11 November 2013 both sides discussed how to start implementing the practical measures annexed to the Joint Statement and there will be another meeting on 11 December here in Vienna. By sending an official letter to the Agency and announcing Iran's readiness to receive the Agency's inspectors for a visit in the form of a managed access to the Heavy Water Production Plant on 8 December 2013, we are going to implement one of the 6 practical measures agreed.

In our view, all of the steps taken voluntarily by Iran have generated an opportunity for all parties involved to reach an agreeable solution. The report of the Agency speaks for itself and while we have strong reservations on certain parts of the report which mostly is repetition of the previous report, particularly on the UNSC resolutions, the issue of 3.1 Modified Code and the Additional Protocol; in our view the new trend of the report is positive and helpful. We are confident that Member States would support this new approach initiated by Iran. We appreciate the cooperative atmosphere created between Iran and the Agency and continue our constructive engagement and are confident for the removal of any ambiguities in a step-by-step manner starting from easy issues. Six practical measures proposed by Iran would be implemented in three months and during this time we will discuss the practical measures for the next phase.

...

Israel is sitting on 200 nuclear warheads; all of them are targeted at Muslim cities throughout the Middle East. It is steadfastly operating its underground nuclear weapons production facilities. It is crying wolf about its nuclear proliferation concern. This regime, with a long history of aggression against neighbors, atrocity against peoples under occupation and clandestine development of all kinds of WMDs, particularly nuclear weapons, is now pretending to be a pioneer and guardian of the NPT. Warmongers in Tel Aviv who had had secret cooperation with another racist regime of apartheid for development of nuclear weapons should know that the international commmunity would finally hold them accountable for all their illegal actions.