Sanctions would affect IAEA coop, says Iran

TEHRAN, Aug 28 (AFP): Iran on Wednesday said cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog would be affected in the event that Britain, France and Germany trigger snapback sanctions outlined in a moribund 2015 deal.

"If this action is taken, the path of interaction that we have now opened with the International Atomic Energy Agency will also be completely affected and will probably stop," deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi told state TV.

Iran said Wednesday that the return of UN nuclear inspectors did not represent a full resumption of cooperation, which was suspended in the aftermath of June attacks by Israel and the United States.

Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency began work at the key nuclear site of Bushehr in southwestern Iran, the nuclear watchdog's chief Rafael Grossi said, the first team to enter the country since Tehran formally suspended cooperation with the UN agency last month.