Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency will arrive in Tehran on Monday for technical talks, but the government will not allow the official to inspect any nuclear facilities during the visit. Araghchi explained that discussions with the U.N. watchdog will centre on drafting a new cooperation framework. Under a law passed last month, all future inspections must be approved by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, effectively freezing the access the IAEA has sought since early July. IAEA inspections have been suspended since Israeli and U.S. air strikes hit several Iranian nuclear sites during a 12-day conflict in June. The agency’s board subsequently declared Tehran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations, while Director General Rafael Grossi has continued to call for unfettered access. Tehran says it remains committed to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and is in contact with European signatories of the 2015 nuclear accord, but Araghchi noted that no date has been set for further negotiations and that no mediator has been chosen for possible talks with Washington.