"US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will travel to Vienna later this month to discuss Iran's nuclear activities with UN atomic watchdog officials, a US official said on Wednesday, as part of Washington's review of Tehran's compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal.
The official told Reuters that Haley, a member of President Donald Trump's cabinet, would meet with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officials and the US delegation in Vienna to further explore the extent of Iran's nuclear activities.
In April, Trump ordered a review of whether a suspension of sanctions on Iran related to the nuclear deal was in the US national security interest. He has dubbed it 'the worst deal ever negotiated.' Most UN and western sanctions were lifted 18 months ago under a deal Iran made with world powers to curb its nuclear program. It is still subject to a UN arms embargo and other restrictions, which are not technically part of the deal...
The US review of its policy toward Iran is also looking at Tehran's behavior in the Middle East, which Washington has said undermines US interests in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon.
'Ambassador Haley has consistently voiced her and the administration's concerns about Iran's illegal missile testing and other harmful actions,' said the US official, who requested anonymity.
The United States, Britain, France and Germany have complained several times to the United Nations, most recently last week, about Iran's ballistic missile launches, which they contend are 'in defiance' of a 2015 UN resolution enshrining the nuclear agreement..."