Iran lets IAEA inspectors back as U.S. talks in Switzerland advance
What's new: negotiators also set up a deconfliction mechanism and now face clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors back into the country as talks with the United States continued in B rgenstock, Switzerland, Vice President JD Vance said Monday. He called the move a major step toward curbing Tehran's nuclear program, while warning that more work remains before any final deal. The negotiations were strained after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz following Israeli strikes on Lebanon, disrupting shipping through a waterway that carries roughly a quarter of global energy supply. Vance said the sides had also put in place a regional deconfliction mechanism aimed at preventing a wider conflict and that reopening Hormuz safely would require demining work.