“At the end of this meeting, both sides agreed to have the next meeting on 16th of January,” Soltanieh told Press TV on Thursday after the conclusion of one day of negotiations between Iran and IAEA delegates in the Iranian capital.
“This round of talks was constructive and good progress was made,” he said, adding that the negotiations were “intensive.”
Soltanieh also noted that the two sides failed to reach agreement over a visit requested by the IAEA delegation to the Parchin site, which is located outside Tehran.
Previous to the Thursday negotiations, the two sides had met and talked in Vienna on August 24, 2012.
The United States, Israel, and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Iran argues that as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the IAEA, it is entitled to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities, but has never found any evidence of divergence towards military objectives in the Islamic Republic's nuclear energy program.
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Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali Asghar Soltanieh says Tehran and the UN nuclear watchdog have agreed to hold a next round of talks again in Tehran in January 2013.
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