Trump says Iran will accept major weapons inspections to ensure 'Nuclear Honesty'

Amid Iran's announcement that it would accept nuclear inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Donald Trump said Sunday (local time) that Iran would agree to a continuously verifiable regime on nuclear matters going forward.

Trump posted on his Truth Social account that "everyone knows full well" Iran "will agree to accept major weapons inspections to ensure 'Nuclear Honesty' for a long time to come."

Earlier, Vice President JD Vance said at a press conference following the first substantive ceasefire negotiations with Iran in Switzerland that Tehran had agreed to allow IAEA inspectors to operate inside the country. "Iran has agreed to reinvite the IAEA inspection team back into their country," Vance said, calling it "a first step toward permanently ending Iran's nuclear weapons program."

Iran's Foreign Ministry also announced it would continue cooperating with the IAEA through established procedures. Esmail Baghaei, the ministry's spokesperson serving as the negotiating team's spokesperson, told Iran's state news agency IRNA that cooperation between Iran and the IAEA "will continue based on the current procedures, grounded in the approval of the Islamic Parliament (Majlis) and the decisions of the Supreme National Security Council."

IRNA reported, however, that Iran's delegation at the Switzerland talks did not conduct any negotiations on nuclear issues and accepted no new obligations. Iran's agreement to accept IAEA nuclear inspections appears to be a preliminary, in-principle understanding at an early stage.

The memorandum of understanding signed by the United States and Iran includes a reaffirmation that Iran will not acquire or develop nuclear weapons. The United States plans to use 60 days of follow-up negotiations to discuss the disposal of Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpiles, setting a timeline for suspending enrichment, and establishing an IAEA verification regime.

Trump appeared to invoke the terms of the agreement on social media to pressure Iran, reiterating the need to build a nuclear verification regime.