IAEA Director General Presents Latest Report on Verification and Monitoring in Iran

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: November 25, 2021; 10:29 ♦ (Vindobona)

In Tehran Mr. Grossi met with Mohammad Eslami, the Vice President of Iran and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Grossi met with Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs. / Picture: © IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency / Dean Calma / Flickr Attribution (CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Extensive negotiations in Iran to address outstanding nuclear verification issues “proved inconclusive,” IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told the Agency’s Board of Governors, as he presented the 35-member Board with his latest report on verification and monitoring in Iran.

In Tehran on 23 November, Mr. Grossi met with Mohammad Eslami, the Vice President of Iran and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The current head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) is Mohammad Eslami, who replaced Ali Akbar Salehi on 29 August 2021 and who is known to be a clever diplomat.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is the new Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who replaced Mr. Javad Zarif on August 25, 2021. …