Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced that Iran and the IAEA had agreed to hold "technical" meetings in early April to discuss the IAEA's concerns about the truthfulness of Iran's past declarations about its nuclear facilities. In response to the agreement, European countries paused plans to censure Iran at a meeting of the IAEA's board; Iran had earlier threatened to cease cooperation with the IAEA if the censure motion went ahead. The Iranian newspaper Vatan-e-Emrooz also reported that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had ordered a halt to Iran's recent production of uranium metal. Grossi said he had received no new information about Iran's production of the metal, which violates a 15-year ban contained in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), but Iran's government did not dispute the newspaper report.