The head of the global nuclear watchdog has said it will carry out inspections in Iran under the country's preliminary peace agreement with the US.
"The inspections will indeed take place," International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi told reporters in Japan. "We will be working on the modalities - dates, procedures, places - very soon."
The agreement signed last week said "explicitly" that the dilution of Iran's highly enriched uranium would be carried out under IAEA supervision, he added.
However, Iran's deputy foreign minister said access to its damaged nuclear facilities and nuclear material would only be addressed within the framework of a final deal with the US.
Grossi's comments came as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan before travelling to Kuwait and Bahrain to discuss the deal.
Speaking in Kuwait City Rubio said the US would not agree anything with Iran that would undermine the security of US allies in the region.
"We're going to be completely aligned with our partners in the Gulf," he told reporters.
"If Iran wants to make a good and real deal, the United States is open to that. If they're not, then of course the president has options," Rubio said, adding that negotiators were likely to meet again in Switzerland before the end of the month.
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