UN Nuclear Watchdog Says He’s Been Talking With Trump’s Iran Envoy

Rafael Mariano Grossi

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The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency said he’s in touch with President Donald Trump’s Iran nuclear negotiator and supports its efforts.

“I have enormous respect for Ambassador Witkoff — I’ve been talking to him,” Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters Wednesday on a visit to Washington. “I see there is a group of very dedicated professionals as to who is behind him.”