Russia: Iran, IAEA agree on 'concrete steps' to settle outstanding safeguards issues

Mikhail Ulyanov, the head of the Russian delegation to the ongoing talks between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries in the Austrian capital of Vienna, made the remarks in a post on his Twitter account on Sunday, a day after Iran and the IAEA agreed on a roadmap to resolve all outstanding issues, which could help secure the revival of the 2015 Iran deal with world powers, Press TV reported.

“The visit of the #IAEA Director General Mr. Rafael Grossi to Iran yesterday was very successful. The two sides agreed on concrete steps aimed at settling outstanding safeguards issues within a reasonable period of time. Great achievement!”

Speaking in a joint news conference with the UN nuclear chief in Tehran on Saturday, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said the two sides had come to the conclusion that some documents, which need to be exchanged between them, should be traded by June 21.

He added that Iran and the UN nuclear agency emphasized that the remaining issues between the two sides should be solved "within the framework of its own regulations, without any political influence, lobbying or interference that can affect the agency's decisions on its conduct towards and interactions with Iran".

Meanwhile, Grossi told a press conference in Vienna on Saturday night after returning from Tehran that the UN nuclear watchdog and Iran are developing a more cooperative relationship in order to resolve what he called “open issues” with Iran.

Source: Iran Daily