A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Tehran early Tuesday morning for a new round of talks on Iran's nuclear program, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The delegation is headed by IAEA's Deputy Director-General Olli Heinonen, Iranian Ambassador to IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh was quoted as saying.
The delegation's visit to Tehran "will last two or three days," Soltanieh said, adding that the talks between the two sides will " begin on Tuesday and is only related to expert issues."
Topics to be discussed included issues related to P1 and P2 centrifuges, which are used for uranium enrichment, Soltanieh said.
Compared with P1, P2 centrifuges are more advanced and could produce more uranium, which can be used as nuclear fuel or key material for atomic weapons at the same time.
The new round of Iran-IAEA talks is being held based on an agreement reached between the two sides in August which called for removing all outstanding issues on Iran's nuclear program upon a specified time-table.
The UN Security Council has adopted two resolutions -- one in December 2006 and the other in March this year -- to force Iran to suspend uranium enrichment activities and to give up its nuclear program.
The United States and other Western nations have constantly accused Tehran of developing a nuclear weapon program under the guise of a civilian-use program, which was repeatedly denied by Iran.
Iran has insisted that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and voiced hope for talks to defuse the nuclear standoff.
Source: Xinhua
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