Iran and the United States have been locked in years of diplomatic standoffs over Tehran’s nuclear program — a dispute that accelerated after the Trump administration withdrew from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which had allowed international inspectors access to Iranian nuclear sites in exchange for sanctions relief. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency lost significant monitoring access in the years that followed, leaving Western governments with an increasingly murky picture of Iran’s enrichment activity.
Talks resume
Vice President JD Vance said Iran has agreed to let international nuclear inspectors back into the country, the first concrete concession to emerge from what he described as a “very, very good” opening day of negotiations with the U.S. on Monday, June 23, 2026.
Vance didn’t specify which sites inspectors would access, under what timeline, or through which international body the monitoring would be conducted. He offered no details on what the U.S. put on the table in return — and no agreement has been announced.
The talks are continuing. No deal has been signed, and the scope of any potential arrangement remains unclear.
