Source: http://www.un.org/apps/sg/offthecuff.asp?nid=861 http://www.un.org/apps/sg/offthecuff.asp?nid=861
Date: April 12, 2006

The Hague, Netherlands, 12 April 2006 - Secretary-General's press encounter with Reuters TV following his meeting with Dutch Prime Minister, Jan Peter Balkenende - revised
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Q: Could you tell us your thoughts on Iran? What do you think is going to happen there and what is the UN going to do in terms of sanctions? 
SG: As you know, Mr. [Mohamed] ElBaradei, the head of the [International] Atomic [Energy] Agency in Vienna, will be going to Teheran tonight for discussions. I hope he will be able to convince the Iranian partners to come back to the table. Yes, they have pursued their research. But I hope they will be able to come back to the table and work with the international community to find a negotiated solution. And indeed they have maintained that their intent is the peaceful use of nuclear energy. And if that is indeed the case, they should be able to give the international community that assurance and work with everybody to find a solution out of this. And I appeal to everyone to work more actively in search of a diplomatic solution and to cool down on the rhetoric and not to escalate. Thank you.