Trump assures that Iran agrees to submit to nuclear inspections and the regime denies it
El presidente de EE UU amenaza con dinamitar el diálogo si Teherán impide la visita de expertos a sus instalaciones
Donald Trump increased pressure on Iran this Tuesday by assuring that Tehran has accepted nuclear inspections "at the highest level" and warning that without that commitment, there will be no further negotiations and US attacks will resume. The White House also links the lifting of maritime restrictions and the release of Persian funds to concessions that Tehran, for now, publicly questions. The cross statements thus reveal the first deep disagreements between Washington's triumphalist version and the public position of the ayatollahs.
The US president made these warnings in a message published on the Truth Social network, where he assured that Iran had accepted long-term nuclear inspections with maximum access, something already included in the agreement negotiated a decade ago by Barack Obama. The magnate dismissed denials from Tehran as "protests and totally false statements" and presented that commitment as an essential condition to prolong the diplomatic path, which avoids further attacks.
The White House occupant added that he had lifted the US naval blockade on Iranian ports and ships due to the "great concessions" attributed to Tehran. But he accompanied that gesture with an unequivocal warning: if the regime does not allow verification with nuclear inspectors, there will be no further negotiations, a threat that reopens the possibility that Washington will resort to force again after suspending attacks.
The agreement negotiated by US Vice President JD Vance in Switzerland has left doubts in Washington about its real scope. Trump's number two argued that Iran had accepted the return of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and that this step opened the door to a definitive pact, but Tehran denies that there is yet a schedule for visits to its most sensitive facilities. The discrepancy has led the president to raise his tone and present these evaluations as a red line.
More meetings
US and Iranian technical delegations are scheduled to continue meetings to specify access for inspectors, the use of unfrozen assets, and conditions for normalizing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Washington aims to turn these commitments into verifiable guarantees before moving towards a broader agreement, while Tehran insists it will retain the final decision on its funds and infrastructure.
Trump's threat comes a year after 'Operation Midnight Hammer', the offensive with which the US attacked Iranian nuclear facilities after the failure of the diplomatic path. Those bombings hit the Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan complexes and aimed to destroy Persia's ability to enrich uranium and rebuild its program. The attacks resumed in February of this year, expanding to other targets within the country. Now, the White House leaves open a third round against those same infrastructures or others that Iran may have preserved or rebuilt.
Trump has also presented the recent temporary suspension of sanctions on Iran as humanitarian aid conditioned on purchases of US corn, wheat, soybeans, and medical supplies. Tehran rejects this. Its Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, responded that imports will depend on price and quality, while the Persian ambassador in Geneva recalled that only the Islamic Republic will decide the fate of its assets. The discrepancy turns an apparent economic concession into another point of conflict.
The future of the Strait of Hormuz also remains open. Trump stated that the lifting of naval restrictions responded to progress in talks and noted that 19 million barrels of oil passed through that route last Monday. But Iran has warned that this passage will not function as before the war and maintains its claim to keep control over who crosses it. Traffic has increased, although it remains far from pre-conflict levels, while Washington insists that navigation must be free of conditions from the ayatollahs.
The Pentagon calculates it needs about 80 billion dollars to cover the cost of the war with Iran.
The negotiation is also taking place under growing internal political pressure in the US. The Pentagon has told the Capitol that it needs around 80 billion dollars to cover, above all, the cost of the conflict with Iran. The request comes as several lawmakers question both the spending and the solidity of the agreement reached by Trump. The White House has not yet submitted a formal request, but Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has already initiated contacts with senators to gather support.
The technical part of the talks is now structured in several working groups focused on sanctions, nuclear program, economic reconstruction, and implementation of the ceasefire. These teams will have to resolve which facilities inspectors can visit, how the whereabouts of enriched uranium will be verified, and what mechanism will prevent political differences from leading to a new escalation.
