SAEDNEWS: IAEA's deputy director general and head of the Department of Safeguards Massimo Aparo held talks with Iranian officials and left Tehran on Monday afternoon.
IAEA's deputy director general and head of the Department of Safeguards Massimo Aparo has held talks in Tehran with Iranian officials and left the Iranian capital on Monday afternoon.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said about Aparo's visit to Tehran that "he left Tehran after holding talks with an Iranian delegation consisting of the Director General of International Peace and Security Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an advisor to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) to discuss how the Agency and Iran should engage under the new circumstances.
According to Gharibabadi, "it was decided to continue the consultations, considering the discussions held in the meeting."
Gharibabadi added, "The Iranian delegation expressed its strong criticism and protest towards the Agency's failure to fulfill its responsibilities during the aggression by the Zionist regime and the United States, and informed the Agency's delegation of our country's demands for reforming the incorrect processes governing the Agency in relation to the Iranian nuclear issue."
Aparo's Monday visit was announced by Foreign Minister Araghchi last night.
"There are no plans to visit any nuclear sites until we reach a framework, and [our] bilateral cooperation will not begin," said Araghchi.
