SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Iran proposed nothing new at a recent meeting on its nuclear program in Vienna on Wednesday, the director-general of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said. said there wasn’t. .
Tehran announced on November 2 that it would send a delegation to Vienna to narrow its differences with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is seeking to monitor Iran’s nuclear activities.
“So they brought nothing new,” IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told Reuters during the COP27 climate conference in Egypt. “We will meet again on a technical level in Iran in a few weeks.”
Iran wants, among other guarantees, an end to the IAEA’s investigation of its nuclear activities in order to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
The pact would have curbed Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from US, EU and UN economic sanctions, but former President Donald Trump claimed Iran violated it in 2018. withdrew it.
Indirect talks to revive a largely hollow deal between Tehran and the US administration of Joe Biden have stalled.
“It’s no secret that we failed to register some specific elements,” Grossi said.
“There will be an opportunity to re-engage to continue the work, but this will take place after the release of my report,” he added, noting that the IAEA’s quarterly report on Iran is due next week. .
Reporting by Richard Vardmanis Editing by Bill Barclot
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