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UN nuclear agency team arrives in Tehran
A team from the UN nuclear watchdog arrived in Tehran on Sunday for a new round of talks over Iran's nuclear activities, Iranian media reported.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:05 December 9, 2007
Tehran: A team from the UN nuclear watchdog arrived in Tehran on Sunday for a new round of talks over Iran's nuclear activities, Iranian media reported.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts came to the Iranian capital less than a week after a US intelligence report said Iran has stopped nuclear work since 2003.
"These negotiations ... will start tomorrow and will last three days," Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the Vienna-based IAEA, told Fars News Agency.
US President George W. Bush has said Iran remains a danger because it is mastering technology with a military use. Iran insists its nuclear programme is peaceful.
This week's sessions are expected to focus on questions about particles of arms-grade enriched uranium found by IAEA inspectors at Tehran's Technical University.
"Negotiations with the IAEA delegation are being held ... in order to resolve expertise and technical issues in regards to the source of contamination," Soltanieh said.
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