Middle East crisis live: Trump claims Iran has agreed to nuclear inspections ‘long into future’, accusing Tehran of ‘false statements’
07.28 EDTTrump: Iran has 'fully and completely' agreed to highest level nuclear inspectionsDonald Trump posted on social media on Tuesday that Iran has “fully and completely” agreed to the “highest level nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!)”.“This will insure ‘Nuclear Honesty’,” Trump added. Had Iran not agreed to this, he wrote, “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,” Trump said. “However, all ships are remaining in place should it be necessary to reinstitute the Blockade, which seems, at this point, highly unlikely.”Iran said on Tuesday that the UN’s nuclear watchdog will not be able to inspect key nuclear sites bombed by the US and Israel last year, AFP reports.
- ▪07.28 EDTTrump: Iran has 'fully and completely' agreed to highest level nuclear inspectionsDonald Trump posted on social media on Tuesday that Iran has “fully and completely” agreed to the “highest level nuclear inspections long into the fu
- ▪Had Iran not agreed to this, he wrote, “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,” Trump s
- ▪“However, all ships are remaining in place should it be necessary to reinstitute the Blockade, which seems, at this point, highly unlikely.”Iran said on Tuesday that the UN’s nuclear watchdog will not be able to inspect key nuclear sites bo
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07.28 EDTTrump: Iran has 'fully and completely' agreed to highest level nuclear inspectionsDonald Trump posted on social media on Tuesday that Iran has “fully and completely” agreed to the “highest level nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!)”.“This will insure ‘Nuclear Honesty’,” Trump added. Had Iran not agreed to this, he wrote, “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,” Trump said.
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