Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said he will meet with the director of the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday, the day before a second round of US-Iran nuclear talks is scheduled to begin in Geneva.
Iran and the US renewed negotiations earlier this month to tackle their decades-long dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program and avert a new military confrontation as US warships, including a second aircraft carrier, are deploying to the region.
“I am in Geneva with real ideas to achieve a fair and equitable deal. What is not on the table: submission before threats,” Araghchi says on X.
Araghchi says he will meet International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi today accompanied by nuclear experts “for deep technical discussions.”
The IAEA has been calling on Iran for months to say what happened to its stockpile of 440 kilograms (970 pounds) of highly enriched uranium following Israeli-US strikes in June and to let inspections fully resume, including in three key sites that were bombed: Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan.
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