In this file photo taken on March 1, 2021,
the Iranian national flag is seen outside the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters during the agency's Board of Governors meeting in Vienna. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
TEHRAN – A top Iranian security official on Thursday called on the US administration to seize the "opportunity" for a good deal that could settle disputes over Tehran's nuclear program.
"Strategy of active resistance defeated (former US president Donald) Trump's policy of maximum pressure confessing by current US administration," Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani tweeted.
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will visit Tehran on Saturday for talks on cooperating about issues related to ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and world powers
"If Vienna talks do not lead to a good deal, current US administration will feel defeated in near future due to lack of timely use of diplomatic opportunities," he said.
Since April 2021, eight rounds of talks have been held in Vienna between Iran and the remaining JCPOA parties, namely Britain, China, France, Russia plus Germany, with the United States indirectly involved in the talks, to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Iran signed the JCPOA with world powers in July 2015. However, former US President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the agreement in May 2018 and reimposed unilateral sanctions on Iran, which prompted the latter to drop some of its nuclear commitments and advance its halted nuclear program.
Meanwhile, Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will visit Tehran on Saturday for talks on cooperating about issues related to ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and world powers in the Austrian capital of Vienna, official IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.
During his upcoming visit, Grossi will meet with Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and other Iranian officials, according to the report.
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Grossi's visit to Tehran is aimed at resolving some differences over Iran's nuclear program and other safeguards issues between Iran and the IAEA, the report added.