CROATIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR

C O N F I D E N T I A L ZAGREB 000689 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS TO EUR/SCE, ELISA CATALANO NEA/FO, AND RICHARD NEPHEW ISN/RA E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/24/2019 TAGS: PREL PGOV IR HR SUBJECT: CROATIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM REF: SECSTATE 120288 Classified By: Peter D'Amico, Pol Officer, for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d). (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Desk Officer for Iran, Tomislav Peric, on November 25. Peric noted that when Foreign Minister Jandrokovic had a farewell meeting with the outgoing Iranian Ambassador to Croatia on November 18, the FM had called on the Iranians to be more flexible in their approach to the international community regarding Iran's nuclear program. The Iranian Ambassador replied that the GoI did not have confidence in France fulfilling its commitments under the IAEA's proposal for refueling the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). Peric said, however, that the United States and its partners had made a serious effort to address Iran's concerns regarding the TRR proposal. Peric stated that Croatia would continue to support the U.S. and EU position on Iran's nuclear program and that Zagreb's stand on this issue was also clear to the GoI. FOLEY