The International Atomic Energy Agency has been in talks with Iran for years about Iran’s past work. The IAEA’s Director-General Yukiya Amano met earlier this month in Munich with Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif to discuss the issues. They agreed that there should be more frequent senior official discussions between Iran and the agency.
In a follow-up to that meeting, Amano met Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Vienna.
"Today’s meeting was useful and facilitated a better understanding between the two sides,” the IAEA said in a statement. "The discussions focused on the need to resolve, as soon as possible, all outstanding issues related to Iran’s nuclear program.”
After the meeting, which lasted close to two hours, Araghchi said they agreed "to move faster and in a better sense” in resolving the key questions about Iran’s past work.
The meeting comes as negotiations progress in separate set of talks between Iran and six major powers on the future of Iran’s nuclear program.
In November 2011, the IAEA published a report which listed 12 sets of questions about Iran’s past work.