Gregory Schulte Quotes (20 Quotes)

It is time to send a clear and unequivocal message to the Iranian regime about the concerns of the international community by reporting this issue to the Security Council.

IAEA inspectors have no doubt this information was expressly intended for the fabrication of nuclear weapons components.

This is not 'face-saving' research and development. This is not meaningful restraint on uranium enrichment development. Instead, under the guise of negotiations, Iran seeks to forge ahead with test centrifuge cascades that will allow Iran to perfect the technology, materials and expertise necessary to produce highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons.

It should emphasize that Iran will face consequences if it does not meet its obligations.

Rather than acting to regain international confidence, Iran is moving ahead brazenly with its enrichment program, continuing its determined, step-by-step effort to acquire the material, technology and know-how to produce nuclear weapons.

The council will then be able to provide the wider authority the Agency needs to investigate Iran's deeply troubling nuclear activities.

Everyone wants a political settlement, everyone wants a diplomatic solution, but for that to be successful the political leadership needs to come to the conclusion that they need to give up their nuclear ambitions.

I hope South Africa will, rather than taking position in the middle,... use its moral high ground to help in our effort to drive Iranian leadership in different direction.

There's a solid majority in favor of reporting.

The United States believes that it is imperative to move rapidly on an agreement to implement the goals outlined in the joint statement.

Iran's leaders are forging ahead to acquire the material, equipment, and expertise to produce nuclear weapons.

Our goal is a peaceful settlement and that's why we're working so hard with the European Union, with the Security Council, to achieve this.

We agree with the European Union and a growing majority of the board that the time has come to report Iran's nuclear noncompliance to the Security Council. It is now time for the board to do our duty.

There are those who would argue that conversion is not proliferation-significant because it does not produce weapons-grade material, but from our perspective, conversion is another step forward to acquire enrichment capability.

The Director General's report will now be transmitted to New York for action by the Security Council.

The United States believes that the Security Council's involvement should reinforce the International Atomic Energy Agency's role and investigations. As a first step, we envision a call for Iran to cooperate with the agency and to take steps identified by the board to restore confidence.

The leadership in Tehran has thus far chosen a course of flagrant threats and phony negotiation. They hope that this course would keep the international community divided and Iran's nuclear ambitions unchecked. Instead the course they have chosen has left them increasingly isolated and increasingly at risk of meaningful consequences.

Despite North Korea's threats and provocations, the international community maintained its resolve and solidarity.

The authorities in Tehran, rather than threatening the world, should listen to the world and take the steps necessary to start regaining its confidence.

The time has now come for the Security Council to act. Iran has still not come clean.