IRAN AGREES TO ALLOW IAEA NUCLEAR INSPECTORS BACK INTO THE COUNTRY, SAYS VANCE

Mon 22 June 2026:

U.S. Vice President JD Vance stated Monday that Iran has agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear inspectors back into the country.

Inspections of Tehran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium will possibly begin as soon as this week, following the first round of U.S.-Iran talks aimed at ending the Middle East war.

“The Iranians have agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into their country,” Vance told reporters at the Burgenstock resort, calling it “a major milestone for the American people and the first step in permanently denuclearising or permanently ending a nuclear weapons programme in Iran.”

Vance said he expected IAEA inspections, which were carried out for years under the previous JCPOA nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration, to resume as soon as this week, with Iran’s roughly 450 kilograms of highly enriched uranium among the material to be assessed.

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Vance lists 4 priorities achieved in Sunday’s talks

Speaking to reporters, Vance described Sunday as “a very, very good day” of negotiations. “We did exactly what we wanted to do,” he said, outlining four main objectives the U.S. side had pursued.

“First, we wanted to build a mechanism for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open, it is open,” Vance said, adding that as vessels begin traversing the waterway, negotiators “wanted to make sure that we actually set up the coordination mechanism” for de-mining operations and the resumption of trade.

Second, Vance said negotiators built a “similar mechanism” for “deconfliction for the regional ceasefire,” aimed at preventing broader military escalation in the region, particularly in Lebanon, which he described as a major lynchpin in the talks.

Third, and what Vance said the U.S. delegation was “most excited about,” Iran agreed to admit IAEA inspectors.

“That is a major milestone for the American people, and the first step in permanently denuclearizing or permanently ending a nuclear weapons program in Iran, and that’s exactly what we wanted to do,” he said.

Fourth, Vance said negotiators set up a process for technical talks to continue after lead negotiators departed Switzerland later Monday.

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