CAIRO:

Iran agreed a new cooperation framework with the UN nuclear watchdog on Tuesday, after it suspended cooperation following the war with Israel in June.

The agreement was signed in Cairo by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi, who hailed it as "an important step in the right direction".

It was the Iranian government's first high-level meeting with the IAEA since Iran suspended cooperation with the agency following the 12-day war with Israel, which saw Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Iran, which criticised the IAEA for failing to condemn those strikes, has said future cooperation with the agency would take "a new form".

"Iran and the IAEA have reached an understanding on how to engage under the ne

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