U.N. nuclear watchdog holds talks in Tehran ahead of May deadline
 

The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday its chief inspector had held "informal" talks in Tehran, ahead of a mid-May deadline for Iran to answer questions about detonators that could be used to help set off an atomic explosive device. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which for years has been investigating suspected nuclear ****** research by Iran, gave ** details about the previously unan**unced visit of IAEA Deputy Director General Tero Varjoranta to the Iranian capital. He went to Tehran "at the end of last week for informal talks as part of regular contacts between the agency and Iran," IAEA spokesman Serge Gas said in an email. Gas said IAEA Director General Yukiya Ama** would "provide an update on developments" in Iran to the U.N. agency's 35-nation board of gover**rs in a few weeks' time, an apparent reference to a quarterly report due in May. Iran agreed late last year to grant IAEA inspectors greater access to nuclear-related sites and to provide more information about its atomic programme, which Tehran says is for purely peaceful purposes.

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