“Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi has close relations with the AEOI and officials in Iranian Embassy in Vienna. Iran has invited Grossi to visit Tehran and has offered a date for his trip. He will soon be in Tehran to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and the head of the AEOI Mohammad Eslami,” said Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh.

“We have heard of the US intention to rejoin the JCPOA. But what is important to us is to be ensured of lifting of sanctions and its verification,” the spokesman added.