Iran has agreed to start addressing suspicions that it may have worked on designing an atomic weapon.<br /><br />Tehran will provide information about detonators, according to the UN nuclear agency, the IAEA.<br /><br />While rejecting Western claims that its atomic activities have a military purpose, Iran says it will work with the IAEA to clear up what are being called “ambiguities”.<br /><br />However, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, also a senior nuclear negotiator, says his country’s defensive affairs are non-negotiable in separate talks with world powers.<br /><br />Shortly after Tehran and the IAEA signed a cooperation deal in November, an interim accord was struck between Iran and the six powers – the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia.<br /><br />Iran has agreed to curb its nuclear work in exchange for the easing of some sanctions. <br /><br />High-stakes negotiations between Iran and the six countries, due to start on February 18 in Vienna, are aimed at reaching a broader diplomatic settlement with the Islamic state.
