Iran’s nuclear chief: IAEA officials to visit Iran in coming days

In this file photo taken on Sept 26, 2022, Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) speaks at the 66th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria. (THERESA WEY / AP)

TEHRAN – President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said Wednesday that officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Tehran in the coming days.

Iran's interactions with the IAEA continue as before, the official news agency IRNA quoted Eslami as saying on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting.

He hoped that the two sides would take a step forward toward removing obstacles to their cooperation, according to the report

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He hoped that the two sides would take a step forward toward removing obstacles to their cooperation, according to the report.

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On Nov 17, the IAEA's Board of Governors passed a resolution, proposed by the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, that called on Tehran to collaborate with the agency's investigators regarding the alleged "traces of uranium" at a number of its "undeclared" sites. Iran has repeatedly rejected all the allegations.