CZECHS CLOSELY FOLLOWING TEHRAN'S RESEARCH REACTOR

C O N F I D E N T I A L PRAGUE 000123 SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR/CE AND ISN/RA E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2015 TAGS: PGOV PREL IR EZ KNNP MNUC PARM SUBJECT: CZECHS CLOSELY FOLLOWING TEHRAN'S RESEARCH REACTOR REF: A. STATE 15979 ¶B. PRAGUE 83 Classified By: POLEC Counselor Charles O. Blaha for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (SBU) Emboff explained the USG perspective on Iran's Tehran Research Reactor to Czech MFA Middle East Department officer Anita Grmelova on February 24. She commented that she would share these details with the MFA UN Department, which is also closely following this issue. While the Czechs have been quite vocal about their concerns regarding Iran's handling of human rights issues (Reftel B),the Czechs are not planning to release any statement at this time regarding Iran's decision to enrich Uranium to 20 percent since negotiations are on-going between the U.S. and the EU three regarding how to address this within the UN Security Council. ¶2. (C) Grmelova also indicated that the EU is following developments within the U.S. Congress on Iran and that the EU Commission is meeting with Congressional members on behalf of the EU. She noted that the EU believes that action within the UN would be more productive than unilateral U.S. action. Thompson-Jones