US Vice President JD Vance said Monday that Iran has agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to visit its nuclear facilities as early as this week, speaking directly after the conclusion of talks in Switzerland, according to Israeli media.
US Vice President JD Vance announced Monday that Iran has agreed to allow IAEA inspectors to visit its nuclear facilities as early as this week, speaking directly after the conclusion of US–Iran talks in Switzerland. The statement, reported by Israeli media, marks a shift from earlier reports in which Vance described an IAEA visit as an expectation (Sun 15:53 Jerusalem) to now framing it as an agreed-upon matter. However, no official Iranian confirmation has been reported yet, and the development has not been independently verified by The Zioneer.
Earlier, at 15:53 Jerusalem on Sunday, Vance had said he expected the IAEA to visit Iran this week, possibly that day. At the same time, he claimed Iran had already agreed to the return of IAEA inspectors and that the Strait of Hormuz was open, contradicting an earlier statement by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. In a prior iteration (also 15:53 Jerusalem on Sunday), Vance had called the US–Iran meeting 'historic' and said the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the completion of a nuclear deal had already been achieved.
As The Zioneer reported on Sunday (10:43 Jerusalem), one of the first US demands ahead of the Switzerland talks was for IAEA inspectors to visit Iranian nuclear sites for an updated status assessment. Envoy Steve Witkoff told US lawmakers on June 18 that Iran would allow inspectors to access nuclear sites and remove enriched uranium from the country, though skepticism remained among Israeli and US intelligence officials about Iranian compliance, as The Zioneer noted. The current declaration by Vance appears to bring that element closer to execution.
What remains open: no official statement from Iran has been released confirming the agreed IAEA visit, and the precise timing and scope of the inspections have not been specified. The broader nuclear deal—including details on uranium removal and the status of the Strait of Hormuz—has not been formally signed or released, leaving gaps between Vance's characterization and available evidence.
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