Iran and IAEA clear potential roadblock to talks with US on nuclear deal

European nations to shelve censure motion after agreement to hold technical meetings

A potential roadblock to talks between Iran and the US on the future of the nuclear deal has been cleared after the UN nuclear inspectorate said it had won Iran's agreement to return to Tehran to hold focused talks on doubts over the veracity of the country's previous declarations about its nuclear sites.

Rafael Grossi, the director general of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, said Iran and IAEA inspectors had been talking past each other, with Iran failing to provide credible answers to the inspectorate's questions. He said he had decided we either continue with this merry-go-round or try something else".