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

Iran, which accused the IAEA of failing to adequately condemn those strikes, has said future cooperation with the agency would take on "a new form".

"Today, I and the IAEA director general hold a final round of negotiations to finalise the under

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