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By Sara Rajabova

Tehran will name its negotiators for the upcoming talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the coming days, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, Fars news agency reported.

He noted that members of the negotiating team have been specified and their names will be announced by the president's office.

The new round of negotiations between Iran and the IAEA will be held in Vienna on September 27.

Last week, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced that Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will resume their talks in Vienna, Austria in late September.

The AEOI chief expressed hope that the upcoming talks would bear tangible results.

It should be noted that this is the first such meeting since relative moderate Rouhani took office as Iranian president.

Commenting on Iran's further steps at international arena, after Rouhani was elected as country's new president, senior fellow at Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, James M. Dorsey told Trend news agency that Rouhani's priority is softening, if not lifting of sanctions, which is a precondition for country's economic recovery.

"Rouhani has already changed the tone of his approach. The question is how much substance he can and will change and to what extent the US will meet him part of the way," Dorsey said.

The expert went on to note that the upcoming September 27 meeting between Iran and IAEA is part of the process, and is another indication of that.

"Obviously, Rouhani's priority is a softening if not a lifting of sanctions, the precondition for economic recovery. To achieve that, he needs a nuclear deal," Dorsey said.

World powers are monitoring the IAEA-Iran talks for any signs as to whether Tehran, facing intensifying sanctions pressure, may be prepared to finally start tackling mounting international concerns about its nuclear activity.

The IAEA, whose mission is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, has been trying to negotiate a so-called structured approach with Iran giving the inspectors access to sites, officials and documents for their long-stalled inquiry.

On May 15, Iran and the IAEA wrapped up their latest round of talks on Tehran's nuclear energy program in Vienna, Austria.

The West suspects Tehran's nuclear program may be aimed at developing nuclear weapons capability, but Iran insists it is purely for peaceful purposes.

Iran reiterates that its main demand is that its right to uranium enrichment, as stipulated in the NPT, be recognized.