Iran Press/ Europe: Rafael Grossi, who the IAEA 35-nation Board of Governors on Tuesday picked him to become the agency's next chief, immediately pledged to act independently and neutrally on issues including Iran.
Grossi, 58, succeeded Yukiya Amano, who died in office.
Grossi reached the two-thirds of votes required on Tuesday, with 24 countries backing him.
"I will do my job and I think my job is to implement the mandate in a manner which is independent, which is fair, which is neutral," Grossi told reporters after the vote when asked about Iran, declining to go into specifics.
"What I think is important is that I give my member states and the international community the guarantee that I am absolutely independent and impermeable to pressure," said Grossi, a veteran of nuclear diplomacy and currently Argentina's ambassador to the IAEA.
The IAEA board aims to have Grossi take office by Jan. 1. 2020, but Grossi said that might happen earlier.
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