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Monday, April 13, 2015
IAEA and Iran to meet in Tehran
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe International Atomic Energy Agency says it will hold a meeting with Iranian officials in Tehran on Wednesday, as the UN’s nuclear watchdog continues to press for access to suspected Iranian nuclear testing sites.
The meeting will be held to discuss “the continuation of the implementation of the Framework for Cooperation,” an interim deal reached between the sides last year, the IAEA said in a statement.
The watchdog will be represented by Deputy Director General Tero Varjoranta, head of the Department of Safeguards.
The US says it will need IAEA verification before it starts to roll back sanctions, an issue which has become a major sticking point between the sides, despite the agreement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif says Monday that Tehran will demand to see all sanctions lifted on day one of the agreement, and not after enrichment curbs are verified, the semi-official Fars News reports on Twitter.
LIVE (4)#Iran Negotiator: All EU, US & UN Security Council sanctions will be terminated on 1st day of implementing the final nuclear deal.
— Fars News Agency (@EnglishFars) April 13, 2015
The demand was repeated by several top Iranian officials in the days following the deal.
— with The Associated Press
The Times of Israel Community.