Iran agrees to invite IAEA inspectors back, Vance says

Iran agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into the country, US Vice President JD Vance said on Monday after the first round of US-Iran talks concluded.

Vance called the move “a major milestone” and said it was “the first step” toward ending what he described as Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

He said the talks had also set up technical negotiations involving US, Iranian, Qatari and Pakistani teams, which would continue in Buergenstock and over the coming days and weeks.

“We laid a very good foundation for a successful final deal,” Vance said. “The final deal is the house. We set the foundation, we haven’t built the house.”

Vance said the talks had also produced coordination mechanisms aimed at keeping the Strait of Hormuz open, de-mining the waterway and preventing regional ceasefire violations from escalating.