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UN delegation in Tehran for talks UN positive on Iran nuclear talks
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Officials from the UN nuclear agency are in Iran to press the government for answers on all outstanding questions about its nuclear activities. The UN nuclear agency says talks with Iran on its controversial nuclear programme have been constructive and will continue in the coming weeks.
Led by the agency's deputy head, Olli Heinonen, the delegation will meet Iran's chief negotiator, Ali Larijani. It will not inspect any Iranian sites. The deputy head of the agency, Olli Heinonen, has been in Tehran for two days of discussions with Iran's deputy nuclear negotiator, Javed Vaeedi.
Iran insists that its nuclear programme is for purely civilian purposes. Iran is under pressure from the US and EU to halt uranium enrichment, and the UN has imposed sanctions against it.
It is under pressure from the US and EU to halt uranium enrichment, and the UN has imposed sanctions against it. Iran says its nuclear programme is for purely civilian purposes.
So far Iran has been defiant, vowing repeatedly to install thousands of the centrifuges that, when run in a series, enrich uranium. The UN Security Council has already imposed two rounds of sanctions on Iran for not suspending its uranium enrichment programme, and is now considering a third round.
'Positive talks' But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has remained defiant, saying Tehran will never give up its right to nuclear power.
Ali-Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, welcomed the IAEA delegation to Tehran. It has vowed repeatedly to install thousands of the centrifuges that, when run in a series, enrich uranium.
"We hope that these intensive and positive talks, which demonstrate a positive and fundamental step by the Islamic republic of Iran, bear fruit," he said. Mr Heinonen said the two parties had reached agreement on how to proceed with the negotiations over Tehran's nuclear programme, without giving further details.
Earlier this week the head of the IAEA, Mohammed ElBaradei, said that if Tehran answered the outstanding questions the agency had, the UN Security Council might not go ahead with a threat to impose a third set of sanctions on Iran. Earlier this week, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammed ElBaradei, said that if Tehran answered the outstanding questions the agency had, the UN Security Council might not go ahead with a threat to impose a third set of sanctions on Iran.
He also said Iran had slowed down its controversial uranium enrichment process. He also said Iran had slowed down its controversial uranium enrichment process, and that he hoped that slowdown would lead to a complete suspension of enrichment, as demanded by the Security Council.
He also said he hoped that slow-down would lead to a complete suspension of enrichment, as demanded by the UN Security Council.