TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, is seeking a meeting with Iran’s new nuclear chief, Mohammad Eslami, prior to the Vienna conference, some sources reported.

According to a report released by Bloomberg, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is seeking a meeting with Iran’s new nuclear chief, Mohammad Eslami, prior to the Vienna conference.

He wants to gauge Tehran’s willingness to restore expanded access for the agency’s monitors -- terminated to protest US illegal sanctions -- and cooperate with international investigators, the two officials whose names were not mentioned said. 

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