Tasnim � The Iranian foreign minister cautioned International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano against �detrimental consequences� of forthcoming talks by the US ambassador to the UN on the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, known as JCPOA.





In a letter to Amano, Mohammad Javad Zarif complained that a Wednesday trip to the Austrian capital of Vienna by the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, was intended to sow doubt about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

�Even before the visit takes place, the way it is planned and publicized and the signal that it sends have notable detrimental consequences for the successful implementation of the JCPOA,� Zarif wrote in the letter, according to the Washington Post.

Haley dismissed the Iranian top diplomat�s implication that she is searching for ammunition.

�I find it interesting that Iran is so worried about me going to Vienna,� she said. �If they don�t have anything to hide, they shouldn�t be concerned about me asking questions of the IAEA.�

Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, US, Britain, France, and Germany) on July 14, 2015, reached a conclusion over the text of the JCPOA.

The accord took effect in January 2016 and was supposed to terminate all nuclear-related sanctions against Iran all at once, but its implementation has been hampered mainly due to US policies.