Iran nuclear inspections deal is not far off: IAEA
May 23, 2012  02:25
The head of the UN nuclear agency, Yukiya Amano, has said an agreement would be signed "quite soon" with Iran to allow an investigation into claims it had tried to develop nuclear weapons.

Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was speaking on his return to the agency's Vienna headquarters after a day of talks in Tehran. He described the talks as an "important development" and said he and the chief Iranian negotiator, Saeed Jalili, were determined to reach a deal, but it was also clear a final agreement had not been reached.

"The decision was made by me and Mr Jalili to reach agreement on the structured approach. An agreement will be signed quite soon," Amano said, but did not give a date.

Amano had flown from Vienna to Tehran at short notice on Sunday in the hope his presence would seal an agreement on a framework for a long-running IAEA investigation into evidence that Iran may have carried out research and development work on warhead design.
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