Mr. Chair, to be clear, we asked for the higher status of accredited representative, which provides us with more opportunity to contribute to the investigation. That was done by me in writing on more than one occasion. It was done multiple times by Mr. Tasker, who was in direct contact with the Iranian investigator in charge, and I know that other levels of government, including the diplomatic level, also made such requests. Iran never formally told us no, but they never gave us the higher status.
On June 10th, 2021. See this statement in context.