Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi declared in June 2004 that Iran “won’t accept any new obligations,” and must “be recognized by the international community as a member of the nuclear club.” Similarly, in March 2005, Rafsanjani reiterated Iran’s refusal to dismantle its nuclear fuel cycle facilities, as the EU and the IAEA had demanded, insisting that “we can’t stop our nuclear program and won’t stop it.”