IAEA chief to visit Tehran for nuke talks

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, reported Xinhua, qouting IRNA news agency 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.

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.

Iran and the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), are currently involved in negotiations in Vienna seeking to find ways to settle disputes about the revival of the JCPOA.

Iran signed the JCPOA with world powers in July 2015. However, former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the agreement in May 2018 and reimposed unilateral sanctions on Iran, which prompted the latter to drop some of its nuclear commitments one year later and advance its halted nuclear programs.