VIENNA, March 2. /TASS/. The parties to the conflict around Iran acknowledge the need for diplomacy as a means to settle it, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told a news conference.

However, he refused to comment on the US allegations that Iran was preparing to create nuclear weapons.

TASS has summed up his key statement.

The agency continues attempts to resume contacts with Iran’s nuclear regulators, but so far without success.

The IAEA is in touch with Iranian authorities, but technical channels for monitoring have been shut.