VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear chief said on Monday he expected progress to be made soon in a long-running investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Iran, ahead of an Aug. 25 deadline for Tehran to provide more information.
Yukiya Amano, speaking at Vienna airport after talks with senior Iranian officials in Tehran on Sunday, said Iran had begun implementing five nuclear transparency measures that it agreed three months ago to carry out by next Monday.
The measures include information about two issues directly linked to the U.N. nuclear agency's long-stalled inquiry into what it calls the possible military dimensions (PMD) of Iran's nuclear programme, which Tehran says is entirely peaceful.
"The implementation of these five measures started," Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told reporters on his return from the Iranian capital, without elaborating on what Iran was undertaking.
"We have started and that is important and I expect that progress will be made over the next week," said Amano, after securing what he called on Sunday a firm commitment to cooperate with the IAEA's investigation.
Iran denies its programme has any military objectives.
(Reporting by Fredrik Dahl)
