The latest round of talks between Iran and the IAEA took place on April 21-22. While the Iranian delegation was led by its Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, the IAEA side was led by Deputy Director General Olli Heinonen. Reports however noted that the delegation would not visit Iran's nuclear installations1.

IAEA Director General, Mohammed ElBaradei meanwhile announced that Iran had agreed to answer contentions stemming from American and other intelligence reports that it studied how to design nuclear weapons. Dr. ElBaradei described Tehran’s gesture, apparently negotiated during the April 21-22 talks, as a “milestone2.”

• 1. “Iran-IAEA end their first day talks,” IRNA, April 21, 2008, at http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0804219187222542.htm
• 2. “Iran to Discuss Alleged Studies of Atomic Arms,” The New York Times, April 24, 2008, at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/world/middleeast/24iran.html?sq=nuclea...