IAEA's Grossi says outstanding issues with Iran will not be wished away

FILE PHOTO: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi addresses a news conference during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Outstanding issues between Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog will not be wished away, agency chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday, while Tehran insists on the closure of the agency's probes for revival of a 2015 nuclear pact.

"These issues are not going to be wished away," Grossi told reporters at the United Nations, adding that he hoped to meet with Iranians in a few days.