Vice President JD Vance said Monday that Iran agreed to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency into the country.
“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, that’s exactly what we asked to happen. We made a lot of great progress on other nuclear talks,” Vance said, adding that inspectors could arrive this week.
Iran already agreed to halt its nuclear weapons program and submit to IAEA supervision in a memorandum of understanding signed last week. Vance said American officials will reach out to inspectors on Monday, and “technical negotiations” would continue in Switzerland this week with Iran, Qatar and Pakistan.