Iran announced that ongoing discussions between the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and the IAEA chief have led to progress and that gaps on several issues of mutual interest have narrowed.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh expected late Tuesday that the two sides will reach an understanding soon.

Khatibzadeh said, “I don’t want to go into details but I can anticipate that the two sides reach an understanding soon.”

Earlier on Tuesday, Eslami told reporters on the sidelines of an event in the Iranian capital, Tehran, that the cooperation between Iran and the IAEA will only by limited to the UN nuclear watchdog’s safeguards and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Eslami also said the IAEA’s request to access the TESA Karaj Complex, a centrifuge component manufacturing workshop in north-central Iran, is beyond the safeguards agreement and therefore “unacceptable.”

Source: Iranian media