US embassy cable - 04MADRID4499

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 004499 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/26/2014 
TAGS: KNNP, PARM, PREL, MNUC, TRGY, IR, SP, IAEA 
SUBJECT: SPAIN/IRAN-IAEA: RESPONSE TO US REQUEST FOR STRONG 
NATIONAL STATEMENT 
 
REF: STATE 250503 
 
Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR KATHLEEN M. FITZPATRICK. 
REASON 1.4 (B) & (D) 
 
(C)  Immediately upon receipt of reftel November 24 urging 
strong national statements at the November 25-26 IAEA Board 
of Governors meeting on Iran, PolCouns spoke with MFA 
political affairs director general Rafael Dezcallar to 
encourage Spain to include our suggested elements in its 
national statement.   We also asked MFA to deliver our points 
to the deputy director for International Disarmament Affairs, 
Marcos Rodriguez who is in Vienna for the BOG meeting. 
(Rodriguez directly oversees Iran non-proliferation issues.) 
Dezcallar told Polcouns that Spain shares U.S. views on 
maintaining international pressure on Iran to abide by its 
safeguard obligations and to remain committed to its latest 
suspension pledge, and that this sentiment likely would be 
reflected in Spain's statement.  However, he did not 
specifically undertake to include our elements.  Rodriguez' 
office in Madrid November 26 had as yet no readout on the 
Spanish statement. 
MANZANARES