IAEA to hold talks on nuclear deal with Iran

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will hold talks on the nuclear deal with Iran.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi made the remarks on the sidelines of COP29 in Baku, Caliber.Az reports, citing local media.

"We will deal with this in Tehran, where I will hold meetings with the foreign minister and other officials," he said, adding that the nuclear deal with Iran is strategically important.

Grossi also touched on the discussions at COP29 in Baku.

"There are certain decisions being made here that are really very closely linked to the politics of states. <...> So I think the energy security aspect is very important," he concluded.

On November 10, Grossi said he would travel to Iran in the coming days to hold talks regarding the country’s nuclear program. The visit comes amid wider tensions gripping the Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war and uncertainty over how US President-elect Donald Trump will approach Iran after his inauguration in January.

Iran is rapidly advancing its atomic program and continues to increase its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels in defiance of international demands, according to recent reports by the IAEA.

Grossi has warned that Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels to make “several” nuclear bombs if it chooses to do so. He has acknowledged the U.N. agency cannot guarantee that none of Iran’s centrifuges may have been peeled away for clandestine enrichment.

By Khagan Isayev