(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The chief of the UN's nuclear watchdog said he had met with the
head of Iran's atomic energy agency, as attempts to revive the
country's nuclear deal stall, reports citing .
Efforts to salvage a tattered 2015 agreement -- which offered an
easing of international sanctions in exchange for a drastic
limitation of Iran's nuclear activities -- have flailed since
then-president Donald Trump had America withdraw from it in
2018.
The United States reimposed biting sanctions, provoking Tehran
into stepping back from its nuclear commitments, greatly increasing
its stock of enriched uranium and turning off monitoring cameras
operated by the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA).
But after months of friction the two sides met face-to-face in
Vienna.
“Dialogue has restarted with Iran on clarification of
outstanding safeguards issues,” Rafael Grossi tweeted Monday.
He said he had met with Mohammad Eslami -- who is also vice
president -- on the sidelines of the IAEA's annual conference, and
posted a picture of the two men shaking hands.
The UN watchdog has been pressing Iran to give answers on the
presence of nuclear material at three undeclared sites, and this
key sticking point led to a resolution that criticised Iran being
passed at a June meeting of the IAEA's board of governors.
Eslami told state television last week that he would meet with
Grossi and said he hoped to“put an end... to the false accusations
about certain (nuclear) sites stemming from political pressure and
psychological operations exerted against Iran.”
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