The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is warning that the “space for negotiation and diplomacy ... is getting smaller” over Iran’s advancing atomic program as wars in the Mideast rage on and as President Donald Trump will return to the White House.

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran this week to meet with officials including its new president

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, says the window of opportunity to diplomatically engage with Iran is beginning to "shrink."

President-elect Donald Trump's pick of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio for secretary of state could signal stricter enforcement of oil sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, but concerns about retaliation by China could temper any efforts,

The conservative lawmaker is a noted hawk on China, Cuba and Iran, and was a finalist to be Trump’s running mate this summer.

Some in Iran’s new, more moderate government think the result of the presidential election provides an opportunity to make a lasting deal with the United States.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that he has recently spoken three times with US President-elect Donald Trump.View on euronews