Trump says Iran has not agreed to inspections, give up enrichment

U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Friday (July 4, 2025) that Iran had not agreed to inspections of its atomic programme oregon to springiness up enriching uranium.

He told reporters aboard Air Force One that helium believed Tehran's atomic programme had been acceptable backmost permanently though Iran could restart it astatine a antithetic location.

Mr. Trump said helium would sermon Iran with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu erstwhile helium visits the White House connected Monday.

"I would accidental it's acceptable backmost permanently," Mr. Trump said arsenic helium travelled to New Jersey aft an Independence Day solemnisation astatine the White House. "I would deliberation they'd person to commencement astatine a antithetic location. And if they did start, it would beryllium a problem."

Mr. Trump said helium would not let Tehran to resume its atomic programme, adding that Iran did privation to conscionable with him.

The U.N. atomic watchdog said connected Friday it had pulled its past remaining inspectors from Iran arsenic a standoff deepens implicit their instrumentality to the country's atomic facilities bombed by the United States and Israel.

The U.S. and Israel accidental Iran was enriching uranium to physique atomic weapons. Tehran insists its atomic programme is for peaceful purposes.

Israel launched its archetypal subject strikes connected Iran's atomic sites successful a 12-day warfare with the Islamic Republic 3 weeks ago. The International Atomic Energy Agency's inspectors person not been capable to inspect Iran's facilities since then, adjacent though IAEA main Rafael Grossi has said that is his apical priority.

Iran's parliament has passed a instrumentality suspending practice with the IAEA until the information of its atomic facilities tin beryllium guaranteed. While the IAEA says Iran has not yet formally informed it of immoderate suspension, it is unclear erstwhile the agency's inspectors volition beryllium capable to instrumentality to Iran.

Iran has accused the bureau of efficaciously paving the mode for the bombings by issuing a damning study connected May 31 that led to a solution by the IAEA's 35-nation Board of Governors declaring Iran successful breach of its non-proliferation obligations.

The U.S. and Israeli subject strikes either destroyed oregon severely damaged Iran's 3 uranium enrichment sites. But it was little wide what has happened to overmuch of Iran's 9 tons of enriched uranium, particularly the much than 400 kg (880 pounds) enriched to up to 60% purity, a abbreviated measurement from weapons grade.