By Xinhua
Vienna : A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will inspect the site of a heavy-water nuclear reactor in Arak, Iran early next week, the UN nuclear watchdog has said.
The announcement was made after Olli Heinonen, deputy director general of the IAEA, held talks with Iran's deputy national security chief Javad Vaeidi here Tuesday.
The talks aimed at working out a plan "on clarifying the open issues associated with the scope and content of Iran's (uranium) enrichment programme".
After the talks Vaeidi told the reporters the two sides "had good discussions" and "made constructive progress", adding Iran could maintain cooperation with IAEA in a good atmosphere.
US and other western countries are concerned about the military aim of Iran's nuclear programme following which the IAEA's board of governors held up its technical assistance for the Arak heavy-water reactor last November.