Vice President JD Vance started the week on a good note as he announced the U.S. has made significant progress in its talks with Iran.
Vance said Monday Iran will allow UN weapons inspectors into the country.
The vice president spoke at a news conference at the summit in Switzerland.
He said Iran will allow inspectors from the UN-affiliated International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit Iran. He called this a “major milestone.”
“This is probably what we’re most excited about as Americans,” Vance said. “The Iranians have agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into their country. That is a major milestone for the American people, and the first step in permanently denuclearizing or permanently ending a Nuclear weapons program in Iran. And that’s exactly what we wanted to do. That’s exactly what we asked to happen.”
Vance said Sunday —was “a very, very good day” for the United States. He said the two sides also “built a mechanism” to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, and hashed out some of the specifics on how they might handle breaches in the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
But, Vance added there is more work to be done.
“The way that I think about it is very simple,” Vance said. “We laid a very good foundation for a successful final deal. The final deal is the house. We set the foundation. We haven’t built the house.”
“But we’ve laid a successful foundation to get to a good place for the American people. I think it’s important for all of us to appreciate how much was done, but honestly there is still a lot to do as we continue to make progress on the nuclear talks, on the economic talks, as we continued to de-mine the straits and ensure that that flow of traffic continues to pick back up. A lot of progress, but still some work to do and we’re very committed to doing exactly that,” he added.