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AND TO PRIORITY ASCENSION, BELMOPAN, GRAND CAYMAN, HAMILTON,

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AND TO SAVING ANTIGUA, BRIDGETOWN, GIBRALTAR, GRAND TURK, MONTSERRAT, PORT STANLEY, TORTOLA, WELLINGTON (FOR PITCAIRN)

ANGUILLA, TRISTAN DA CUNHA

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INFO SAVING PARIS.

SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN

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1. WE ARE COMMITTED BY THE DECISION OF EC FOREIGN MINISTERS ON

22 APRIL TO TAKE THE NECESSARY POWERS TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS AGAINST

IRAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VETOED SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION OF

13 JANUARY. A SHORT ENABLING BILL, THE IRAN (TEMPORARY POWERS)

BILL (COPY BY BAG), WAS LAID BEFORE PARLIAMENT ON & MAY. ITS

SECOND READING WILL TAKE PLACE ON 12 MAY, WITH A VIEW TO OBTAINING

ROYAL ASSENT BY 16 MAY. THE ACT WILL EXTEND TO ALL DEPENDENT

TERRITORIES. THE FINAL DECISION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS WILL NOT, HOWEVER, BE TAKEN UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING OF EC FOREIGN

MINISTERS ON 17 MAY. DECISIONS WILL NATURALLY BE RELATED TO ANY

DECISIVE ACTION THAT MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY IRAN OVER THE HOST-

AGES ISSUE BY THEN. WE CANNOT YET RULE OUT THIS POSSIBILITY.

IRAN IS CONVENING ON 15-17 MAY A MEETING OF STATES AND POLITICAL

BODIES, INCLUDING SOME MEMBERS OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT, AND

IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT SOME HELPFUL PROGRESS COULD BE ACHIEVED IN

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