IAEA chief give details of Iran inspection agreement

Iran has agreed to allow inspectors in to two sites where the country is suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear material, the UN atomic watchdog agency said Wednesday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a joint statement with Iran that the dates for the inspections had been agreed, but did not say when they would take place.

The inspections would resolve a months-long impasse between Iran and the IAEA, and the announcement came as the agency's Director General Rafael Grossi was on his way home to Vienna after his first visit to Tehran since taking over the post in December.

After returning to the Austrian capital, Grossi described it as a "very important understanding" which meant the IAEA could "do everything that is needed to have an idea of what is going on" at the sites.