VIENNA
The UN nuclear watchdog’s head said on Wednesday that he “could not agree” in talks with Iranian officials to resolve disputes over the monitoring of the country’s atomic programme, a day after returning from Tehran.
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told the quarterly meeting of the board of governors that his talks in Tehran were “inconclusive”, despite what he had earlier described as “intense” negotations.
“We could not agree yesterday, in spite of my best efforts,” Grossi told reporters on Wednesday, shortly after addressing the board meeting.
Among other officials in Tehran, he met Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.
He had been hoping to make progress on several points of contention between the agency and Tehran.
