Iran's atomic chief Mohammad Eslami is expected to miss the IAEA conference in Vienna because of a UN travel ban. His likely absence underlines deepening Iran-West friction as nuclear monitoring and diplomacy remain strained.

VIENNA, Sept 14 - 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. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iran has condemned the exclusion of its Atomic Energy Organization head from the UN nuclear agency's meeting in Vienna.

The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization is not expected to attend the annual gathering of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s member nations in Vienna for the first time in many years.

Iran’s nuclear chief was blocked by the US from attending the IAEA annual conference in Vienna, prompting diplomatic tensions between Tehran and Austria. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US President Donald Trump brushed aside a report that Iran ​acquired satellite images of a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before a July attack that killed three US troops. Oman postponed a meeting…