TEHRAN, Mar 6 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian highlighted yesterday, the need for an independent, professional and impartial approach by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to Iran, according to the foreign ministry website.
Abdollahian made the remarks during his meeting with visiting Rafael Grossi, director general of the UN nuclear watchdog, where he also stressed the importance of strengthening the agency’s relations and cooperation with Iran, in areas beyond oversight and inspection of nuclear facilities, including supporting Iran’s peaceful nuclear industry.
During the meeting, the two sides described the cooperation between the IAEA and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) as positive and successful.
In his earlier press conference with Mohammad Eslami, head of the AEOI, said, they decided to try a practical, pragmatic approach to remaining specific issues that need to be resolved.
The Vienna talks and the Iran-IAEA cooperation are interrelated, he noted, adding, it will be difficult to reach an agreement in the Austrian capital, if Iran and the IAEA do not agree on safeguards issues.
Iran and the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as JCPOA, are currently involved in negotiations in Vienna, to settle disputes on the revival of the JCPOA.– NNN-IRNA
