IAEA official to fly to Tehran for more nuclear talks: spokeswoman

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

VIENNA (AFP) — The deputy director general of the UN's atomic watchdog will fly to Tehran next week for new talks on sensitive areas of Iran's disputed nuclear programme, a spokeswoman said Friday.

At issue are the so-called "alleged studies" handed over to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), suggesting discrepancies in Tehran's declared programme and possible weaponisation work.

"A team led by Olli Heinonen will travel to Tehran early next week for meetings with Iranian officials about the 'alleged studies'," said IAEA spokeswoman, Melissa Fleming.

The so-called alleged studies are the one outstanding issue that the IAEA insists still needs to be cleared up.

The studies include: charts on a uranium conversion process different from Iran's...