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Iran

Asked if the Prime Minister felt it was time for the international community to take a fresh approach in light of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) findings, the PMOS said in terms of Iran we made clear at the time of the release of the 15 navy personnel, that on the one hand we would not in any way pull our punches, in saying what they had done was acceptable or in dealing with the nuclear issue. The position that we had on the nuclear issue is not a British position but a United Nations (UN) position, a world position. At the time of the release of the 15 navy personnel contacts were made and those contacts would continue. The PMOS added that we had to make Iran try and become a constructive member of the international community, rather than defying the world over the nuclear issue and Iraq. Asked if was accepted that it was too late to stop Iran from enrichment, the PMOS said that the place to deal with Iran was at the UN, but we believed that the action that had been taken to date was having an impact in Iran and Iran recognised that it was isolated. Pressure had worked and would continue to work.

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