Sanctions Must Obviously Be Working For Such an Iranian Response

Sanctions Will Harm Iranian Cooperation

Comment:This is what we know:when Iran publicly expresses complaints about sanctions and then indicates it will no longer "cooperate" ,the sanctions are working. Additionally, the EU must be held accountable for sending our enemies mixed messages-by stating that Iran has the right to ...our enemy uses this for propaganda externally and as a recruitment tool internally. Iran interprets these kind of statements as weakness on the part of the West and believes it is only a matter of time before they win.
EU Reaffirms Iran’s Nuclear Right
VIENNA, Austria,
Sept. 12--Iran warned on Wednesday that political interference, a clear reference to UN Security Council action, would jeopardize its new round of cooperation with international nuclear inspectors.

“Let the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) do its job,“ Iranian Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh told reporters after an IAEA Board of Governors meeting had reviewed the Iranian nuclear file, AFP reported.

“Any interference or politically motivated interference will definitely jeopardize the new constructive trend,“ of an agreed timetable for answering IAEA questions, Soltanieh said.

The UN Security Council has already imposed two sets of sanctions on Iran.
Soltanieh stressed that he wants the Iranian issue handled at the Vienna-based IAEA, which reviews compliance with the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), rather than at the Security Council, which can impose sanctions.

“Iran expects certain states to reciprocally support Iran’s initiative in full and timely manner, and return to the negotiating table for the peaceful resolution of the nuclear issue through dialogue and technical elaboration within the framework of the IAEA,“ Soltanieh said in comments to the agency’s 35-nation board.

Meanwhile, the European Union reaffirmed “the inalienable right of Iran to the peaceful use of nuclear energy“, during the meeting of the IAEA board, which concluded here Tuesday.

In a statement read by Portuguese ambassador to the board, the EU reiterated its support for finding a “negotiated long-term solution“ to Iran’s nuclear issue, stressing that the door to negotiation remains open.

As for the EU’s last-year package of proposals to Iran, which included its support to build a light water power reactor, the statement said that the union “will carefully follow the implementation of the work plan agreed by the (IAEA) secretariat and Iran.“

The EU noted that as it was said by the IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei in his latest report on Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities, “full and timely implementation of the work plan,“ previously agreed by Iran and the IAEA, would be a significant step forward.