UN nuclear chief says achieving ‘results’ with Iran vital to avoid ‘war’

Visiting United Nations nuclear chief Rafael Grossi says in Tehran that achieving “results” in talks with Iran is vital to avoid a war.

“It is indispensable to get, at this point in time, to some concrete, tangible, visible results that will indicate that this joint work is improving the situation… and in a general sense is moving us away from conflict and ultimately war,” Grossi tells a joint news conference with Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami.

Eslami say Iran will take “immediate countermeasures” against any resolution by the UN nuclear agency’s board of governors that interferes with its nuclear program.

“Any interventionist resolution in the nuclear affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran will definitely be met with immediate countermeasures,” he says.