Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog said Saturday that they had agreed to an approach for resolving issues crucial to reviving the country’s 2015 nuclear accord with world powers.
However, a series of demands by Russian may delay the deal.
The announcement came shortly before Russia said it would seek guarantees from the United States before it backs the deal.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said the UN agency and Iran “did have a number of important matters that we needed… to resolve,” but that they had now “decided to try a practical, pragmatic approach” to overcome them.
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran president Mohammed Eslami said the two sides had come to the “conclusion that some documents which need to be exchanged between the IAEA and the Iranian organization should be exchanged” by May 22.
However, addressing reporters on his return to Vienna, Grossi said that he didn’t “have a crystal ball” to predict how the process would end.
One of the most important issues is to settle outstanding questions that the IAEA has about the past presence of nuclear material at undeclared sites in Iran.
