By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – The United States blocked Iran’s nuclear chief from attending this week’s U.N. atomic watchdog meeting in Vienna by opposing an exemption from so-called “snapback” U.N. sanctions, prompting protests from Tehran on Monday.
Iranian nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami had been due to attend and address this week’s International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference, an annual meeting of IAEA member states that began on Monday. At the opening, however, Iran said Austria had revoked Eslami’s visa after originally granting him one.
