US President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that Iran has agreed to long-term monitoring of its nuclear facilities as part of ongoing negotiations. He further said that Washington will ease shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz and provide financial incentives under strict US supervision. Trump said that Tehran had given a lot of leeway during diplomatic talks aimed at reaching a major peace deal after months of conflict in the Middle East.
Trump Iran has fully agreed to the highest level of nuclear inspection for a long time (infinitely!!!) He said that this would ensure ‘nuclear honesty’. If they had not agreed to this, there would have been no further negotiations!”
However, the White House’s claims were immediately challenged by Iranian officials, who questioned the scope of the proposed nuclear monitoring arrangement. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei rejected Trump’s claim and said that Tehran has not agreed to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitoring.
Record oil supply from Hormuz
Trump also said that after the implementation of Washington’s new diplomatic agreement with Tehran, maritime traffic through the strait has increased significantly. Trump wrote, “19 million barrels of oil were released from the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. This is an all-time record. Because of this, oil prices are falling, and the world is now a much safer place! We took more oil yesterday than has ever gone through the Strait! The Strait is wide open.”
Trump also said that the United States would allow unimpeded shipping through Hormuz, and would prevent further naval interdiction measures while maintaining full military readiness in the area.
He said, “Based on this and other major concessions being made by Iran, I have agreed to allow the Strait of Hormuz to remain open without any further naval blockade. However, if there is a need to restart the blockade, all ships will remain there, which seems very difficult at this time.”
Iran agrees to nuclear monitoring
He said, “We have two things! We have an open strait and we have a country that will never have nuclear.” On Monday, the United States suspended sanctions on Iranian crude oil shipments after Vice President J.D. Vance said Tehran had agreed to allow United Nations nuclear inspectors to return to the country.
“We have laid a very good foundation for a successful final deal,” Vance told reporters after talks in the Bergenstock resort of Switzerland. Giving Tehran’s view on the talks, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baqaei said that “there were very brief talks on the nuclear issue, but there was no discussion on details.”
The talks build on an agreement reached last week, when Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding laying out a framework for Swiss talks after nearly 40 days of fighting that finally led to a ceasefire.
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