Iran: IAEA can extend visit

January 31, 2012 01:22 am | Updated November 17, 2021 05:02 am IST - TEHRAN:

An IAEA delegation visiting Iran could choose to extend its stay beyond the three days originally planned if it wished, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday. Mr. Salehi also urged the European Union and the United States to “replace their policy of sanctions with interaction” with the Islamic republic.

A six-person team of senior inspectors and officials from the U.N. nuclear watchdog began their visit to Iran on Sunday.

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