بیانیهٔ فرانسه، آلمان، بریتانیا و آمریکا در مورد آخرین گزارش آژانس در مورد برنامه هسته‌ای ایران

Office of the Spokesperson

February 3, 2023

Statement by France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United
States on the IAEA’s Latest Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program

/The following joint statement was released by the Governments of
the France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States./

/Begin Text:/

We, the governments of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the
United States, take note of the report by the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) that Iran has implemented a substantial change
in the configuration of some of its centrifuges without informing
the Agency in advance.  These centrifuges produce high-enriched
uranium up to 60 percent and are located at the Fordow Enrichment
Plant.

As stated by the Agency, this unnotified change is inconsistent with
Iran’s obligations under its NPT-required Comprehensive Safeguards
Agreement. Such lack of required notifications undermines the
Agency’s ability to maintain timely detection at Iran’s nuclear
facilities.  The newly reported change in configuration of
centrifuge cascades used to produce near-weapons-grade uranium
underscores the need for Iran to meet all its safeguards reporting
obligations and to accept whatever safeguards monitoring the IAEA
sees as necessary in light of Iran’s production of such highly
enriched uranium.

Iranian claims that this action was carried out in error are
inadequate.  We judge Iran’s actions based on the impartial and
objective reports of the IAEA, not Iran’s purported intent.

We recall that the production of high-enriched uranium by Iran at
the Fordow Enrichment Plant carries significant
proliferation-related risks and is without any credible civilian
justification.

Iran’s actions are all the more concerning since it has stopped the
implementation of its commitments on transparency and verification
under the JCPOA, including implementation of its Additional
Protocol, for close to two years.  Iran has also offered no credible
answer yet to the IAEA’s outstanding questions as part of the IAEA’s
safeguards investigation, despite the adoption of two resolutions on
this issue by the Board of Governors last year.

We call on Iran to comply with all its legally-binding international
obligations under its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the
IAEA and to fully cooperate with the Agency in the application of
effective safeguards at Fordow.