Iran, IAEA see progress in atom transparency talks

Tehran, Aug 22: Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency both said today they had made progress in talks about Tehran's offer of more transparency aimed at defusing a row over the Iranian nuclear programme.

''We have in front of us a work plan. We agreed on modalities on how to implement it. We have a timeline for the implementation,'' IAEA deputy director Olli Heinonen said after two days of talks which he said were ''good, constructive''.

''We have a basic framework of agreement between Iran and the agency,'' Iranian deputy nuclear negotiator Javad Vaeedi said in a joint news conference saying talks yielded ''great results'', according to a translation of his words by Iran's PRESS TV.

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