TEHRAN – Yukiya Amano, the managing director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has expressed interest in visiting Iran this month, Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday.

Salehi said Iran welcomes the decision by the head of the international nuclear watchdog to visit the country, IRIB reported.

This will be Amano’s second visit to Tehran in 2016. He visited Iran in January, when Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers went into effect.

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