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UN nuke chief to Tehran to push for progress in Iran probe

File-This April 4, 2011, file photo shows Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano from Japan speaking during a news conference of the IAEA's Parties to Nuclear Safety Convention Hold Review at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. The head of the U.N. nuclear agency is heading to Tehran for high-level meetings as he tries to accelerate his probe of allegations that Iran worked in the past on nuclear weapons. Fredrik Dahl of the U.N's International Atomic Energy Agency said that Amano's meetings Sunday, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, are aimed at "clarifications of past and present outstanding issues" linked to the agency's probe. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
File-This April 4, 2011, file photo shows Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano from Japan speaking during a news conference of the IAEA's Parties to Nuclear Safety Convention Hold Review at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. The head of the U.N. nuclear agency is heading to Tehran for high-level meetings as he tries to accelerate his probe of allegations that Iran worked in the past on nuclear weapons. Fredrik Dahl of the U.N's International Atomic Energy Agency said that Amano's meetings Sunday, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, are aimed at "clarifications of past and present outstanding issues" linked to the agency's probe. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File) File-This April 4, 2011, file photo shows Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano from Japan speaking during a news conference of the IAEA's Parties to Nuclear Safety Convention Hold Review at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. The head of the U.N. nuclear agency is heading to Tehran for high-level meetings as he tries to accelerate his probe of allegations that Iran worked in the past on nuclear weapons. Fredrik Dahl of the U.N's International Atomic Energy Agency said that Amano's meetings Sunday, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, are aimed at "clarifications of past and present outstanding issues" linked to the agency's probe. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

VIENNA (AP) – With a key deadline approaching, the head of the U.N. nuclear agency is leaving for Tehran Saturday for high-level meetings as he tries to accelerate his probe of allegations that Iran worked in the past on nuclear weapons.

Diplomats had said Friday that Yukiya Amano of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency was planning such a trip. Confirming Amano’s trip, IAEA spokesman Fredrik Dahl said that Amano would arrive Sunday for meetings aimed at “clarifications of past and present outstanding issues” linked to the agency’s probe.

The diplomats say Amano plans to push for long-delayed interviews with Iranian scientists linked to alleged experiments as well as to discuss a planned inspection of Parchin. The agency has identified that site, southeast of Tehran, as where some of the suspected work took place.

The diplomats, who are accredited to the IAEA, demanded anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss Amano’s agenda.

The trip is significant. Amano is traveling less than a month before an Oct. 15 deadline to gather information on allegations that Iran tried to build atomic weapons.