From UN chief calls on Iran to hold ‘serious dialogue’ over IAEA role
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes remarks before the 2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference in the United Nations General Assembly, August 1, 2022. (AP Photo/ Yuki Iwamura)
NEW YORK — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for Iran to hold a “serious dialogue” regarding the International Atomic Energy Agency during the ongoing nuclear deal negotiations.
The IAEA’s “independence exists, must be preserved and is essential. The IAEA cannot be an instrument of parties against other parties,” Guterres says ahead of the start of the UN General Assembly.
Tehran’s demands that the IAEA shut its probe into suspect Iranian nuclear activity have become a key sticking point as the talks with world powers over its nuclear program drag on.
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