The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohammed ElBaradei, will visit Iran next week to try to win more cooperation from Iranian leaders on the country's nuclear program.

The trip, to be made on Tuesday or Wednesday, was intended to remind Tehran that the international community was expecting more active moves from Iran over its nuclear program, the Austrian news agency quoted an IAEA official as saying.

ElBaradei was trying to increase mutual understanding which he believed was important to the breaking of the nuclear deadlock, the official said, adding that ElBaradei "expects to get positive results."

In a related development, five IAEA inspectors arrived in Tehran on Friday. They would inspect Iran's nuclear facilities in Natanz and Isfahan the next day, media reports said.

Tehran's decision in January to resume its uranium enrichment programme prompted the EU trio of Britain, France and Germany to break off a two and a half year series of talks with Tehran, and back a U.S. demand to refer Iran to the UN Security Council.

The Council adopted a statement on March 29 urging Iran to re-suspend activities related to uranium enrichment within 30 days. It has also requested that ElBaradei provide a report on Iran's nuclear program entitled "the process of Iranian compliance" at the end of this month.

Source: Xinhua