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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi began talks in Iran on Friday, which diplomats said were aimed at pushing Teheran to cooperate with a probe into uranium traces found at undeclared sites.
Grossi held talks with the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, after arriving in Tehran on a two-day visit, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
Grossi is hoping that a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will help smooth the way towards ending the deadlock, diplomats say
"The agenda of these meetings include remaining safeguard issues as well as technical and legal disagreements between Iran and the IAEA," IRNA said, without elaborating.
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The 35-nation IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution at its last quarterly meeting in November ordering Tehran to cooperate urgently with the probe into uranium traces found at three undeclared sites.
Grossi is hoping that a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will help smooth the way towards ending the deadlock, diplomats say. The board's next quarterly meeting starts on Monday.
Diplomats have said for weeks that Grossi wanted to meet Raisi on this visit. The IAEA did not spell out whom he would meet.
The visit comes amid discussions with Tehran on the origin of uranium particles enriched to up to 83.7 percent purity, very close to weapons grade, at its Fordow enrichment plant, according to a report by the nuclear watchdog seen by Reuters.
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Eslami said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic's production was at 60 percent, according to state media.