Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the statements by the government of Iran that that country's nuclear activities are for exclusively civilian nuclear purposes.

We welcome Iran's statements that its programme is exclusively peaceful. However international concerns about its programme remain. These are based on IAEA reports and national assessments. Iran needs to resolve with the IAEA the outstanding issues surrounding the possible military dimension to its nuclear programme. It also needs to restore confidence with the international community through concluding and implementing a comprehensive agreement with the E3+3 on its nuclear programme.