The British representative to the IAEA at this time, Ambassador Peter Jenkins, has said publicly that the negotiators from the EU were impressed by the Iranian offer. But the Bush administration pressured the UK government to veto a deal along these lines, arguing that more concessions could be extracted from the Iranians if they were squeezed harder and threatened with tougher sanctions and even a military response.
时任英国驻国际原子能机构代表詹金斯大使（Ambassador Peter Jenkins）公开说，欧盟谈判代表对伊朗开出的条件很动心。但小布什政府向英国政府施压拒绝根据这些条件达成协议。美国政府指出，如果向伊朗施加更大压力并且威胁加紧制裁甚至采取军事手段，可以迫使伊朗人做出更大让步。