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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "We expect Iran to respect its international obligations ... and carry out concrete and tangible progress before the Board of Governors meeting," Legendre said.
55% : Iran successfully test-launched a ballistic missile with a potential 2,000-km range on Thursday, state media said, the latest in a series of ballistic missile tests and satellite launches.
51% : It is unclear how much progress there has been and whether Western powers will decide to push for a resolution ordering Iran to cooperate more.
45% : Western powers are particularly concerned because UN Security Council restrictions on missiles and related technologies last until October 2023 after which Iran is free to pursue its ballistic missile activity.
44% : Western officials say that although the launches go against 2231, they are not a violation of the core nuclear agreement between Iran, Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States.
42% : Khorramshahr ballistic missile called Khaibar in Tehran, Iran, May 25, 2023.
40% : UN Security Council resolution 2231 calls on Iran not to conduct "any activity" related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, but the language is ambiguous, leaving it open to interpretation.
37% : Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons.
32% : WANA /REUTERS PARIS, France on Thursday accused Iran of violating a UN Security Council resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear deal after it carried out a long-range ballistic missile test, which Paris said was worrying given "uninterrupted escalation" of Tehran's nuclear programme.
21% : Ahead of March's board meeting, the IAEA and Iran said they had agreed to make progress on various issues, including a long-stalled IAEA inquiry into uranium particles found at three undeclared sites in Iran.

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