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Iran and the UN’s nuclear watchdog have agreed on a fresh framework to resume cooperation after months of strained ties – though both sides admit more work is needed before international inspectors can return to Iranian facilities.

Iran says national security council must greenlight any inspections, now limited only to Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.

Rafael Grossi, IAEA director general, says agreement with Tehran is ‘important step in the right direction’

An agreement between Tehran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog provides for U.N. inspectors to access all of Iran’s nuclear facilities

Head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, says he hopes for a ‘successful conclusion’ in talks.

The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog warned that the agency is not yet satisfied with Iran's cooperation with international inspectors, just as European leaders appeared poised to reimpose sanctions on Tehran after a series of last-minute meetings failed to reach a diplomatic resolution

The International Atomic Energy Agency's director-general is receiving special police protection from Austria following a threat against him

Some Iranian officials say readmission breaches law passed after Israel and the US attacked the country in June

Iran accused the International Atomic Energy Agency, without providing evidence, of aiding Israel and the US in air strikes targeting its nuclear sites.

The call comes as the three parties to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal threaten to reimpose sanctions under a mechanism known as "snapback".

Citing intelligence assessments, NBC News and Washington Post report that only Fordow site was destroyed in US attack.