Trump says Iran accepted ‘infinite’ nuke inspections as Tehran disputes deal terms

President Trump pushes back on Iran’s denials of key elements of emerging deal, says Tehran has agreed to long-term nuclear inspections.

By World Israel News Staff

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran had agreed to “the highest level” of nuclear inspections “long into the future,” while also saying he had lifted the US naval blockade at the Strait of Hormuz and would release sanctions relief through a US-controlled escrow account for food and medical purchases.

The post came amid conflicting claims from Washington and Tehran over the terms of the preliminary US-Iran agreement, including nuclear inspections, the future of the Hormuz blockade and how unfrozen Iranian assets can be used.

“Despite their protestations and false statements to the contrary, coupled with the drumbeat of the Fake News, which is doing everything possible to make the U.S. Victory as small and insignificant as possible, Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!),” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“This will insure ‘Nuclear Honesty.’ If they did not agree to this, there would be no further negotiations! Based on this and other major concessions being made by Iran, I have agreed to allow the Hormuz Strait to remain OPEN, with no further Naval Blockade.”

The president added that the US will maintain its naval presence to ensure Iran’s compliance with the deal.

“However, all ships are remaining in place should it be necessary to reinstitute the Blockade, which seems, at this point, highly unlikely.”

“The Money and/or Sanctions that the U.S. Treasury is releasing goes into escrow, controlled by the U.S.A., and will be used for the purchase of food and medical supplies, exclusively from the United States, including Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans from our great American Farmers.”

These are things that are desperately needed by Iran. This is a humanitarian crisis, and I feel it is necessary to help, NOW, before it is too late. Talks are going well!”

Trump’s statement directly challenged Iranian denials and attempted to define the US understanding of the interim deal after days of contradictory statements from both sides.

Iranian officials have said they did not agree to broad new inspections as described by US officials, and Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said Iran does not intend to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to visit nuclear sites damaged during the war.

“We do not intend to allow IAEA inspectors to visit the nuclear sites that were attacked in the war,” Baghaei said this week.

Baghaei said Iran would continue to meet its existing obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and its safeguards agreement with the IAEA, but said there was no agreed procedure for inspections at damaged sites.

The disagreement over inspections is one of the central unresolved issues in the 60-day negotiating period opened by the US-Iran memorandum.

US officials have said the final agreement is intended to dismantle Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon and restore a long-term verification regime. Iranian officials have portrayed the understanding as a sanctions-relief and ceasefire framework, while resisting US claims that Tehran has already accepted expanded nuclear access.

Iran has also publicly disputed American claims that unfrozen funds will be used to purchase US goods.

Baghaei said Tehran would decide how to use released Iranian funds and rejected the idea that Washington could dictate the purchases.

“We will decide how to spend the released Iranian funds. There are no restrictions on this matter,” Baghaei said. “We can now access the frozen funds.”

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