President Trump speaking with reporters [AP=Yonhap News]

U.S. President Donald Trump stated on the 23rd (local time) that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection team would be deployed to Iranian nuclear facilities at an appropriate time.

Even as Iran denied the U.S. announcement that it had agreed to IAEA nuclear inspections, President Trump treated the resumption of inspections as a foregone conclusion, repeatedly refuting the Iranian position.

Speaking to reporters at Reading Regional Airport in Pennsylvania, where he arrived for a scheduled event, President Trump said regarding the timing of the IAEA's visit to Iran, "They will be there at the right time."

Regarding Iran's claim that there are no plans for IAEA inspections, he said, "They are wrong," adding, "If they were right, I would cancel the meeting right now."

This is interpreted as a warning that the negotiations themselves could be jeopardized if Iran refuses IAEA inspections, especially as the two countries are set to continue follow-up working-level talks after holding their first high-level meeting in Switzerland last weekend since the signing of the initial Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

U.S. Vice President JD Vance announced in a press conference the previous day that "Iran has agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into the country," and that the team's activities were scheduled to begin sometime this week.

However, Iran has maintained a position contrary to that of the U.S., asserting that it has not accepted any new obligations regarding its nuclear program.

On this day, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei stated that reports claiming Iran had accepted IAEA inspections of nuclear facilities previously targeted by U.S. airstrikes were untrue, adding, "Whether inspections will resume will be determined by the future course and outcome of the (end-of-war) negotiations."