Iran resumed talks on its nuclear programme with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday.

Iran resumed talks on its nuclear programme with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday.

Iran was represented in the discussions by Reza Najafi, its envoy to the IAEA, while the team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog was led by deputy IAEA director general Tero Varjoranta, IRNA said.

Saturday's meeting comes 10 days before Tehran and world powers, building on a landmark interim deal that took effect last month, start talks on a long-term accord on Iran's nuclear aspirations that would avert the threat of a Middle East war.

The spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Behrouz Kamalvandi, was reported on Friday as saying that Iran's aim was "to answer the IAEA's questions" at the talks.