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Trump and Iran clash over access to regime's damaged nuclear plants
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Trump and Iran clash over access to regime's damaged nuclear plants

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • President Trump claimed Iran has fully accepted high-level nuclear inspections, contradicting Tehran's statements.
  • Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated no meetings with the IAEA chief or plans for inspections at damaged nuclear sites were in place.
  • The dispute arose during complex negotiations between the U.S. and Iran regarding Iran's nuclear program and potential sanctions relief.

A sharp disagreement emerged Tuesday between the United States and Iran over inspections of the regime's damaged nuclear facilities, adding another layer to complex negotiations aimed at ending the conflict. President Donald Trump asserted that Iran had "fully and totally accepted the highest-level nuclear inspections for a long time into the future (in perpetuity!)" despite its "protests and false declarations to the contrary."

has fully and totally accepted the highest-level nuclear inspections for a long time into the future (in perpetuity!)

— Donald TrumpClaiming Iran agreed to nuclear inspections.

Trump, whose administration seeks to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, stated on his Truth Social platform that this agreement would ensure "nuclear honesty." He added, "If they had not agreed to this, there would be no more negotiations!" He later told reporters that inspectors would be on the ground "at the appropriate time."

If they had not agreed to this, there would be no more negotiations!

— Donald TrumpStating the importance of the inspection agreement for continued talks.

These claims directly contradicted statements made earlier by Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Ismail Baghaei. Baghaei told a press conference that Iran had not held "any meetings" with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi and had "no plan for the IAEA to conduct inspections at Iran's damaged nuclear facilities."

They are wrong. They know they are wrong... and if they were right, I would cancel the meetings right now.

— Donald TrumpResponding to conflicting reports about the negotiations.

Earlier, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who led the American negotiating team in Switzerland, had indicated that Iran had agreed to new IAEA inspections as part of the deal. Vance described the dialogue as yielding "great progress" and a "major milestone" toward permanent denuclearization. However, Iran has consistently maintained since U.S. airstrikes last year on its facilities in Fordo, Isfahan, and Natanz that no protocol exists for inspecting those specific sites.

We did not have any meeting with Mr. Grossi, nor is there any plan for the IAEA to conduct inspections at Iran's damaged nuclear facilities.

— Ismail BaghaeiContradicting U.S. claims about nuclear inspections.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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