Iran to Resume Talks with IAEA in Coming Days

IRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei on Monday said that Tehran will resume talks with IAEA in coming days, following a visit by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General Massimo Aparo to Tehran last week.

Baqaei said Aparo’s visit was meant to “examine how Iran and the agency interacted” after US-Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June.

Iran was engaged in Oman-mediated nuclear negotiations with the US when Israel launched a surprise attack on Tehran on June 13, targeting military, nuclear, and civilian sites as well as senior military commanders and nuclear scientists.

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.