Vance says Iran agreed to IAEA inspections
US Vice President JD Vance said talks between the US and Iran were making “great progress” despite “threats” and “whining”.
Speaking on Monday, Vance said talks in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, were continuing and Tehran had agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to return to Iran. Talks were tense over the weekend after Iran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz, claiming that Israel had violated the ceasefire due to its attacks on Lebanon.
“Yes, there was some threatening and some whining, but at the end of the day the talks continued and we made great progress,” Vance told reporters.
Vance said Iran’s agreement to return IAEA inspectors to their country was “an important milestone for the American people and the first step toward permanently denuclearizing or permanently ending the nuclear weapons program in Iran.”
Looking ahead, Vance said a process is now in place to prevent escalation of tensions in the region.
“We want a regional ceasefire. We want Hezbollah to stop shooting at our friends in Israel. We want Israelis to be able to live in peace. We also want to make sure that when events occur, they don’t get dragged into broader tensions, and that’s why, I think, we’ve been very successful in establishing what we call a deconfliction mechanism,” he added.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the talks had made “great progress”.
