Grossi arrived in Tehran on Saturday and was welcomed bySpokesman for Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi and Irans Representative in the International Atomic Energy Agency, Kazem Gharibabadi.
This is the second visit of Grossi to Iran since taking office as IAEA chief. The visitcomes amid a countdown to the deadline set by Iran slated for February23 to end the voluntary implementation of Additional Protocol (AP).
In early September, Grossi had hisfirst visit to Tehran at theinvitation of seniorIranian officials and in line with continuing Iran's cooperation and commitments as a member of this international body.
Iran nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi had already said that after Iran wrote a letter to the IAEA to inform it of theMajlisstrategiclawofsanctionsremoval, Grossi demanded to make a visit to Iran, and Iran agreed with it.
Earlier today, Gharibabadi said in a Twitter message that Iran and the IAEA held fruitful discussions based on mutual respect.
Gharibabadi added that the results of the negotiations will be released this evening".
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