Iran nuclear negotiator to meet ElBaradei in Vienna

VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali
Larijani will meet the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency
on Friday in Vienna, a U.N. spokeswoman said.

“I can confirm that Ali Larijani is coming and that he will
be meeting with Dr. (Mohamed) ElBaradei tomorrow morning,” said
International Atomic Energy Agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming.

“They will be discussing safeguard implementation issues.”

The IAEA board has called on Iran to halt sensitive atomic
work that it resumed this month in defiance of the West. Iran
has said it will not heed that call.

ElBaradei is due to issue a report on Iran’s compliance
with its nuclear obligations on September 3, IAEA diplomats
have said.

Tehran denies Western charges that its atomic program is a
front for covertly developing nuclear weapons.