IAEA wants to fully resume work with Iran

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said he was hopeful of reaching a deal with Iran on a full resumption of inspections of its sites in the "next few days".

Addressing a quarterly board meeting on September 8, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said that "progress has been made" in talks on clinching a deal on the full resumption of inspections.

"It is my sincere hope that within the next few days it will be possible to come to a successful conclusion of these discussions in order to facilitate the resumption of our indispensable work with Iran," Grossi said.

The IAEA head noted that without the resumption of the full implementation of safeguards in Iran, the Agency will not be in a position to provide any conclusion or assurance regarding Iran’s nuclear programme.

According to him, technical modalities to enable the full resumption of IAEA inspections should be concluded without delay.

:I continue to believe agreement on such modalities is possible," Grossi said.