Trump insists Iran has agreed to nuclear inspections in talks for war-ending deal

Iran has “fully and completely agreed” to nuclear inspections long into the future, President Donald Trump said Tuesday after Tehran denied making the concession as part of talks on a permanent end to the war between the two countries

Iran has “fully and completely agreed” to nuclear inspections long into the future, President Donald Trump said Tuesday after Tehran denied making the concession as part of talks on a permanent end to the war between the two countries.

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The discrepancy over what had been agreed emerged after Vice President JD Vance echoed the positive assessment of mediators following the first round of high-level negotiations in Switzerland. Washington and Tehran had “laid a very good foundation for a successful final deal,” Vance said Monday.

He said Iran had agreed to allow the U.N. watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) — to examine Iranian nuclear sites bombed by the United States last year. And he also said that if Iranian financial assets were unfrozen, they would be used to buy American-grown food.