US steps up anti-Iran lobbying campaign at IAEA after UNSC defeat
(WorldNews Politics)

Having failed to convince the UN Security Council (UNSC) to extend an arms embargo on Iran, the United States is stepping up a lobbying campaign at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in line with its push to kill the 2015 nuclear deal and put more pressure on Tehran. The US State Department said in a statement that Brian Hook, the US Special Representative for Iran, met with IAEA`s Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in the Austrian capital Vienna on Wednesday “to discuss the IAEA`s verification work in Iran and express full support for the Agency`s professionalism and objectivity.” According to the statement, Hook also met with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg...