Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks to the media during a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Aug 31, 2022. (MAXIM SHEMETOV / POOL / AP)
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are working toward the achievement of a "good and robust" agreement.
Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone call with the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
Amir-Abdollahian referred to the efforts that are aimed at addressing differences between Iran and the IAEA. In a report, IAEA accused Iran of its "failure to provide technically credible explanations for nuclear activities at three undeclared sites," a claim that Tehran has repeatedly rejected.
Noting the talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reiterated that Iran is ready to achieve a "good, strong and lasting agreement"
Noting the talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, Amir-Abdollahian reiterated that Iran is ready to achieve a "good, strong and lasting agreement."
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Iran has presented its viewpoints with a positive approach through the EU to the American side, he added.
Earlier on Wednesday, Amir-Abdollahian said that an Iranian delegation will travel to Vienna in the coming days for talks on enhancing cooperation with the IAEA, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Iran signed the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with world major countries in July 2015, agreeing to curb its nuclear program in return for removing sanctions on the country. However, former US President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the agreement and reimposed unilateral sanctions on Tehran, prompting the latter to drop some of its commitments under the pact.
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The talks on the JCPOA's revival began in April 2021 in Vienna. No breakthrough was achieved after the latest round of talks in early August.
n this file photo, international flags flutter outside of the UN headquarters during the opening of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria on Sept 10, 2018. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
The three persons, who were sponsored by "the United States and Saudi Arabia", were actively involved in the recent "riots" in Iran in the guise of citizen journalists, the semi-official Tasnim news agency cited an informed source as saying
'US-Saudi-sponsored' individuals arrested
Separately, Iran has arrested three individuals linked with the recent unrest in the country, who were sponsored by "the United States and Saudi Arabia," the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.
The three persons were actively involved in the recent "riots" in Iran in the guise of citizen journalists, Tasnim cited an informed source as saying.
The source said the three arrestees "cooperated with American institution Tavana Tech and Saudi-sponsored television Iran International."
The source added the three people have received a remarkable amount of money from their American and Saudi sponsors to carry out their missions in Iran.
According to the source, the modus operandi of the people linked with these two institutions is using the "money laundering model," in which they receive money from foreigners and employ a method known as "news laundering" in providing them with news and information.
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Unrest erupted in Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who died in a Tehran hospital a few days after collapsing at a police station in the Iranian capital.