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On July 31, 2006, the UN Security Council (SC) adopted resolution 1696, which makes it mandatory (under Article 40 of Chapter VII of the UN Charter) for Iran “to take the steps required by the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors… which are essential to build confidence in the exclusively peaceful purpose of its nuclear programme”… The IAEA was requested to report by August 31 on whether Iran has established full and sustained suspension of all activities mentioned in the resolution, as well as on “the process of Iranian compliance with all the steps required by the IAEA Board”. Thus, Iran has much less than a month in which to comply in order to enable the IAEA to verify its compliance and present a positive report to the SC.