Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Iran

Iran's Atomic Envoy Talks With IAEA Head, To See Solana

El-Baradei (left) and Larijani (right) in Vienna on June 22 (Fars)

June 23, 2007 -- Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, and the EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, meet today in Lisbon to discuss Tehran's controversial nuclear program.

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June 23, 2007

On June 22, International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Muhammad el-Baradei said he and Larijani had agreed that day in Vienna to draw up a plan on how to resolve questions about Iran's nuclear program within two months.

El-Baradei described his meeting on June 22 with Larijani as "quite satisfying."

Larijani also spoke of "good progress," but the two reported no breakthrough in the core dispute -- Iran's defiance of UN demands to stop uranium enrichment.

(Reuters, dpa, AP)

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