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UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi shakes hands with Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran head Mohammad Eslami. Grossi is in Iran as his International Atomic Energy Agency seeks greater cooperation with Iran over its nuclear activities. IMAGES
Rafael Grossi, the UN nuclear watchdog chief, arrives at the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran for a meeting with its head Mohammad Eslami, after the discovery of uranium particles enriched to near weapons-grade level. IMAGES
Images of the house in Castrop-Rauxel, western Germany, where an Iranian man has been arrested. Police and prosecutors suspect him of preparing an "Islamist attack" using cyanide and ricin. IMAGES
The United States urges Moscow and Tehran to take the "decisions" needed to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, putting the ball squarely in their camp as last-minute Russian demands threatened to derail the process. "We remain confident that we can achieve mutual return to compliance in fairly short order" if decisions are "made in places like Tehran and Moscow," State Department spokesperson Ned Price tells reporters during a briefing after the European Union announced a pause in negotiations. SOUNDBITE
During a press conference, the IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi shows the type of that the UN watchdog is using for monitoring Iran's nuclear program. Tehran and the Vienna-based IAEA announced earlier this week that they had reached agreement on replacing the cameras at a facility which makes centrifuges, after they were reportedly damaged in a June attack Tehran blames on Israel. But the IAEA will not be able to examine the camera images until after sanctions are lifted, an Iranian official has said. IMAGES
Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov host talks in Moscow with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Iran's nuclear program, Afghanistan and Syria are among the topics to be discussed. IMAGES