IAEA inspectors leave Iran after short visit

Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog, left Iran on Monday after talks with the head of its nuclear energy organization, without saying whether they addressed an impasse over uranium traces at undeclared sites, Reuters reported.

The IAEA announced last week that a technical team would visit Tehran in a bid to resolve a years-long impasse over an inquiry into undeclared uranium particles found in Iran.

The visit was aimed at "addressing the outstanding safeguards issues previously reported", an IAEA spokeswoman said.

Iranian media said the IAEA delegation, led by the its deputy director general for safeguards, Massimo Aparo, held negotiations with Iranian teams and met Mohammad Eslami, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization. READ MORE