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Madam President, this motion for a resolution must send a clear political signal to Teheran, not only as regards human rights but also in relation to the nuclear issues.
Where human rights are concerned, this House will not compromise. Being generally opposed to the death penalty, we will be all the more energetic in demanding that a stop be put to the execution of juveniles and that the death penalty should not be imposed on any person who was aged under 18 when they committed the crime. I am also grateful to the presidency for being equally forthright about the resumption of the human rights dialogue.
What we expect of the Commission is that it should make funds available from the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights to enable us to step up cooperation with Iranian civil society, and I am obliged to Commissioner Figel’ for mentioning a number of areas in which we can do that. In the absence of any substantial improvement in the human rights situation, it will be impossible to bring negotiations on the partnership and cooperation agreement to a conclusion.
The same cause and effect relationship is present in relation to the nuclear issues, which are equally crucial to the further development of relations with the EU. While we welcome every effort at cooperation with the IAEA in order to make effective monitoring possible, we do – quite independently of that – urge Iran, as a matter of priority, to completely suspend its own uranium enrichment programme, as agreed in Paris last November.
We call on the Iranians to resume dialogue with the EU before the Board of Governors of the IAEA next meet, in November. They know that the European Union has offered to supply enriched uranium for civilian purposes. Russia, to take one example, might well offer to do likewise – and there will then be the possibility of sending the spent fuel rods back – but Iran should take practical steps to address the mistrust in which it is held, not least in nuclear matters. If it does that, it cannot fail; if it does not, it will have the Security Council to deal with, where its chances of successes will be slimmer."@en1
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