On June 23, during a press conference at Reading Airport in Pennsylvania, Trump stated that the IAEA inspection team would be deployed to Iran at an appropriate time. He responded to Iran's denial of the inspection plans, asserting, "They (Iran) are wrong." He added, "If their claims were correct, I would cancel the meeting right now."
Earlier, U.S. Vice President JD Vance announced that Iran had agreed to invite the IAEA inspection team back to the country following talks in Switzerland. Vance described this as a "significant milestone" and explained that the return of the inspection team is the first step toward a final agreement.
However, Iran has denied the U.S. announcement. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei stated, "Reports that Iran has accepted IAEA inspections of its nuclear facilities, which were subjected to U.S. airstrikes, are not true." He added that the decision on resuming inspections would depend on the outcome of future ceasefire negotiations.
The issue of IAEA inspections has become a key variable in the final agreement negotiations set to unfold over the next 60 days. The U.S. maintains that without verification of Iran's nuclear activities, it will be difficult to ease sanctions and implement the ceasefire agreement. Conversely, Iran is expected to link the resumption of inspections to the negotiation outcomes, leading to ongoing discussions about the scope and timing of access to its nuclear facilities.
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