Top UN nuclear official in Iran for more talks

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

TEHRAN (AFP) — The UN nuclear watchdog's deputy chief Olli Heinonen was to hold new talks with Iranian officials on Monday, just a week after his last discussions over claims Tehran is seeking nuclear weapons.

Iran has insisted that Heinonen's visits to Tehran are part of its routine cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) but the watchdog has said they are focussed on the weapons claims.

"These talks will probably last three days and their first round will start today (Monday) afternoon," Iran's ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.

Heinonen had held closed-door talks with Iranian officials in Tehran on April 21 and 22.

The IAEA said on Wednesday that Heinonen reached an...

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