IAEA Calls on Iran for "Constructive" Cooperation and Confirms Technical Talks in Vienna

SadaNews - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called on Iran to cooperate "constructively" with it, emphasizing in a non-published report that its request to verify all of Iran's nuclear materials is characterized by "the utmost urgency." The report issued by the agency stated that "technical discussions will be held in Vienna during the week starting on March 2, 2026," according to the French Press Agency on Friday. It reminded that its Director General Rafael Grossi took part in Iranian-American discussions held on February 17 and 26. The report added that "the Director General urges Iran to engage in constructive cooperation with the agency to facilitate the full and effective implementation of safeguards measures in Iran." It stressed the necessity to "urgently address the agency's loss of continuity in monitoring all previously declared nuclear materials at the relevant facilities in Iran." Talks between Tehran and Washington resumed in Oman on February 6, after being interrupted following the Israeli-American attacks on Iran in June 2025. The second round of negotiations, sponsored by Oman, took place in Geneva on the 18th of this month. The United States demands that Iran completely halt its uranium enrichment activities, transfer enriched uranium out of the country, abandon its ballistic missile program, and threatens to use military force against it. In this context, the United States, encouraged by Israel, has been reinforcing its military forces in the Middle East for weeks, threatening military action against Iran to compel it to abandon its nuclear and missile programs and its "regional proxies." Tehran views Washington and Israel as fabricating excuses for intervention and regime change, and vows to retaliate against any military attack, even if limited, while insisting on the lifting of Western economic sanctions in exchange for imposing restrictions on its nuclear program.