Nuclear activity talks 'satisfactory'

Iran and the U.N. atomic watchdog agency ended three days of "satisfactory" talks aimed at clearing up suspicions about Iranian nuclear activity and will resume discussions next week, an Iranian official said.

The talks were part of a plan Iran agreed to in August to explain nuclear work it kept secret for 18 years.

Tehran, which stonewalled investigators from the International Atomic Energy Agency for years, is to provide answers in phases by the end of the year. The West fears that Iran is covertly trying to develop nuclear arms. Iran says it seeks only nuclear-generated electricity.