The deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Tehran on Monday, confirmed the Iranian Foreign Minister on Sunday.
“A deputy director of the agency will visit Tehran today, while there are no plans to visit any of the three nuclear research sites hit by the United States. Our cooperation will not begin until we reach a consolidated framework,” Abbas Araghchi said.
“Nuclear talks with the IAEA will be held today to determine a workable framework for cooperation,” he added.
Earlier on June 25, the Iranian parliament passed legislation suspending cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, accusing the IAEA of bias towards Israel and the US during their recent attacks on the country.
Araghchi said that “Tehran is actively seeking continuing talks with the IAEA. Meanwhile, the European nations (E3) have threatened to impose a snapback mechanism if Iran fails to agree on resuming the nuclear talks.”
European signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal threatened to reinstate UN sanctions under the so-called sanctions programme.
Iran has continued engaging in talks with the United States despite several disagreements.
However, just before the sixth round of talks was scheduled to take place in Oman, Israel launched a massive airstrike on Iran, killing top generals and nuclear scientists in a bid to push back the nuclear programme.
Tehran launched retaliatory missile and drone strikes, while the US bombed three Iranian nuclear sites. The 12-day conflict came to a halt under a US-sponsored ceasefire that took effect on June 24.
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