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Will Iran's shift on IAEA help break deadlock in nuclear talks? 

Iranian protesters shift tactics in response to government crackdown. 

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks during the IAEA's General Conference at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on Sept. 26, 2022.
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks during the IAEA's General Conference at the agency's headquarters, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 26, 2022. — Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images

Eslami: Iran ready to facilitate work of IAEA 

Iran is again talking with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to settle a dispute over an investigation by the global nuclear watchdog agency into questions regarding nuclear materials found at three sites in Iran. 

The decision, if implemented, could break a deadlock in the stalled negotiations for a return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the Iran nuclear deal is known. 

On Sept. 29, Vice President and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami said, “Iran is always committed to observing the Safeguards regulations. We are also committed to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. We have facilitated the Agency’s (IAEA’s) monitoring of our activities in accordance with the Agency’s regulations and will facilitate it in future as well.”

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