TEHRAN, April 22: A top UN nuclear official on Tuesday held a second day of closed-door talks in Tehran seeking answers from Iran over claims it has studied how to design nuclear weapons.Olli Heinonen, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) deputy director general, held two sessions of talks with Iranian officials on Tuesday after a first round on Monday, the state broadcaster reported.

No information filtered out on the contents of the discussions amid an apparent media blackout and neither photographs nor video footage of the meetings were released. No reason was given for Vaeedi’s absence. ISNA said the final round of talks ended Tuesday evening without either side making any declaration.

—AFP

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