Soltanieh confirms Iran, IAEA have agreed to hold new talks

TEHRAN,Nov.11(MNA) – The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, confirmed on Saturday the news that Iran and the IAEA have agreed to hold a new round of talks in Tehran on December 13. The UN nuclear agency said on Friday that it will hold a new round of talks with Iran on its nuclear program in mid-December, Reuters reported. The IAEA said it hoped the talks in Tehran would produce an agreement that would allow it to resume an investigation into Iran’s nuclear activities. “The IAEA and Iran have agreed to hold further talks on 13 December in Tehran,” IAEA spokesperson Gill Tudor said. “The aim is to conclude the structured approach to resolving outstanding issues related to Iran’s nuclear program,” she said. The IAEA’s talks with Iran are separate from Tehran’s nuclear discussions with six world powers, the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany. The last meeting between Iran and the IAEA took place in August but failed to make progress.