Iran Nuclear Deal: Controversy over nuclear testing amid US-Iran talks. Iran rejects US claim to allow UN investigators. Despite this, America has given Iran temporary permission to sell oil in dollars for 60 days.
Tehran: Peace talks are going on between America and Iran in Switzerland, but a new dispute has arisen between the two countries. Iran has completely rejected the statement of US Vice President JD Vance, in which he said that Iran has agreed to allow United Nations (UN) investigators to visit its nuclear sites again. Iran’s Foreign Ministry has made it clear that no new assurance has been given to America regarding nuclear investigation. Senior officials of both the countries are holding this important conversation in Bergenstock, Switzerland under the mediation of Qatar and Pakistan.
After the first round of talks, JD Vance told the media that Iran has agreed to withdraw the representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and talks will start soon. He called it a big victory for the American people. Soon after this, US President Donald Trump also wrote on social media that Iran will agree to nuclear testing.
But, Iran has called all these claims completely false. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Bakai said, ‘Iran has not signed any new agreement regarding the return of nuclear investigators. Any cooperation with the IAEA will be subject to existing laws made by Iran’s Parliament and the Supreme National Security Council.
Let us tell you that when Iran had stopped investigators from visiting its nuclear sites, the IAEA had recalled all its investigators from Iran. Despite the dispute, the US has temporarily relaxed economic sanctions on Iran as part of the negotiations. The US Treasury Department has issued a temporary license for 60 days. Under this, Iran will be able to sell its oil in US dollars for the first time in decades. With this exemption, Iranian crude oil can also come directly to America in the coming days.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant had said that in return for this temporary exemption till August 21, Iran has agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz and allow nuclear testing. But now that Iran has refused the terms of the nuclear deal, there is growing concern around the world that the talks might get derailed again. Both sides have prepared a draft to reach a final peace agreement within 60 days.