Annex III
15 NOVEMBER 2004 "PARIS AGREEMENT"
"PARIS AGREEMENT" BETWEEN THE ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF IRAN AND FRANCE, GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH
THE SUPPORT OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
and the Governments of France, Germany and the United Kingdom,
with the support of the High Representative of the European Union
(E3/EU), reaffirm the commitments in the Tehran Agreed Statement
of 21 October 2003 and have decided to move forward, building
on that agreement.
The E3/EU and Iran reaffirm their commitment
to the NPT.
The E3/EU recognise Iran's rights under the
NPT exercised in conformity with its obligations under the Treaty,
without discrimination.
Iran reaffirms that, in accordance with Article
II of the NPT, it does not and will not seek to acquire nuclear
weapons. It commits itself to full cooperation and transparency
with the IAEA. Iran will continue to implement the Additional
Protocol voluntarily pending ratification.
To build further confidence, Iran has decided,
on a voluntary basis, to continue and extend its suspension to
include all enrichment related and reprocessing activities, and
specifically: the manufacture and import of gas centrifuges and
their components; the assembly, installation, testing or operation
of gas centrifuges; work to undertake any plutonium separation,
or to construct or operate any plutonium separation installation;
and all tests or production at any uranium conversion installation.
The IAEA will be notified of this suspension and invited to verify
and monitor it. The suspension will be implemented in time for
the IAEA to confirm before the November Board that it has been
put into effect. The suspension will be sustained while negotiations
proceed on a mutually acceptable agreement on long-term arrangements.
The E3/EU recognize that this suspension is
a voluntary confidence building measure and not a legal obligation.
Sustaining the suspension, while negotiations
on a long-term agreement are under way, will be essential for
the continuation of the overall process. In the context of this
suspension, the E3/EU and Iran have agreed to begin negotiations,
with a view to reaching a mutually acceptable agreement on long
term arrangements. The agreement will provide objective guarantees
that Iran's nuclear programme is exclusively for peaceful purposes.
It will equally provide firm guarantees on nuclear, technological
and economic cooperation and firm commitments on security issues.
A steering committee will meet to launch these
negotiations in the first half of December 2004 and will set up
working groups on political and security issues, technology and
cooperation, and nuclear issues. The steering committee shall
meet again within three months to receive progress reports from
the working groups and to move ahead with projects and/or measures
that can be implemented in advance of an overall agreement.
In the context of the present agreement and
noting the progress that has been made in resolving outstanding
issues, the E3/EU will henceforth support the Director General
reporting to the IAEA Board as he considers appropriate in the
framework of the implementation of Iran's Safeguards Agreement
and Additional Protocol.
The E3/EU will support the IAEA Director General
inviting Iran to join the Expert Group on Multilateral Approaches
to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle.
Once suspension has been verified, the negotiations
with the EU on a Trade and Cooperation Agreement will resume.
The E3/EU will actively support the opening of Iranian accession
negotiations at the WTO.
Irrespective of progress on the nuclear issue,
the E3/EU and Iran confirm their determination to combat terrorism,
including the activities of Al Qa'ida and other terrorist groups
such as the MeK. They also confirm their continued support for
the political process in Iraq aimed at establishing a constitutionally
elected Government.
15 November 2004
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