The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said today Iran promised to hand over two crucial letters making official its acceptance of tougher nuclear inspections and a suspension of its controversial uranium enrichment programme.
"Next week we will get the letter for conclusion of the Additional Protocol," International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Dr Mohamed ElBaradei told reporters after a more than 90 minute meeting in Vienna with the head of Iran's Supreme National Security, Mr Hassan Rohani.
Dr El Baradei also said Iran had promised a letter formally announcing the uranium enrichment suspension next week.
When asked when the uranium enrichment will be stopped, Mr Rohani said through an interpreter: "In the next week I will announce that."
Mr Rohani's meeting with Dr El Baradei came days before the IAEA was expected to circulate among Vienna diplomats its latest report on nuclear inspections in Iran, a report Dr ElBaradei said would detail more failures by Iran to report required information to the United Nations.
This report will be discussed at the November 20th meeting of the IAEA's 35-nation Board of Governors.