Iran in preliminary talks with IAEA ahead of Vienna meet
13 May 2014
Iran began talks on Monday with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, ahead of a UN deadline later this week for Tehran to provide information about the development of detonators that can be used to help set off an atomic device.
The Iran-IAEA meeting took place in Vienna a day before the Islamic republic and six world powers meet today to start a new round of negotiations on a broad diplomatic settlement of the decade-old nuclear dispute.
Reza Najafi, Iran's envoy to the IAEA, made no comment as he arrived shortly after 3 pm Austrian time at the UN agency's Vienna headquarters for Monday's meeting with senior IAEA officials.
Under a transparency and cooperation pact agreed between the two sides in November, Iran was to take seven practical measures by May 15 in a phased process to help allay international concern about its nuclear program.
