Trump says Iran wrong, UN nuclear watchdog will inspect Irans facilities

WASHINGTON — President Trump told reporters Tuesday that nuclear inspectors will be on the ground in Iran “at the appropriate time” and the officials in Tehran were “wrong” to say there would be no scrutiny of their enrichment sites by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency.“There’s no rush, but they’ll be on the ground at the appropriate time,” Trump said.“They told us inside, and we have it down — 100% inspections.”The director of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency also said in an interview Tuesday that his agency will be inspecting Iran’s enrichment facilities — despite officials in Tehran denying that they’d agreed to let the experts scrutinize their sites.IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told Tokyo-based outlet NHK that the inspections were part of the negotiated truce between the US and Iran.“We think that the sooner the better, especially since this agreement has a time frame of 60 days, so we will have to be working without losing much time,” Grossi said.“If Iran wishes to invite the United States or other observers, this is another matter,” he added, affirming the IAEA’s independence as a nuclear monitor.

“We do not foresee that somebody needs to help us or control us.”Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei had denied earlier Tuesday that IAEA inspectors would be allowed to visit the sites.A Memorandum of Understanding, signed by US President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian last Wednesday, stipulates that the Islamic Republic will “not procure or develop nuclear weapons.”Iran will also dilute what remains of its highly enriched uranium “under the supervision of the IAEA,” per the document.“We know what they agreed to.I don’t know why they have to say the things they say, whatever their internal or domestic politics is,” said Secretary of State Marco Rubio.“I guess they’ll navigate it, but we know what they agreed to do, and now they’ll either do i...