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Iran live updates: Trump says Iran will have to agree to 'Major Weapons Inspections'

Inspections were part of the Obama-era agreement that Trump canceled.

Last Updated: June 22, 2026, 4:13 PM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Delegations from the United States and Iran arrived over the weekend at the Bürgenstock resort in Switzerland, where they entered negotiations aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed last week by both countries.

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Trump says Iran will have to 'agree to have Major Weapons Inspections'

Hours after Vice President JD Vance announced from Switzerland that Iran agreed to let international nuclear inspectors into the country, President Donald Trump said on social media that Iran will have to "agree to have Major Weapons Inspections" for a long period of time.

President Donald Trump speaks during a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, June 18, 2026, in Washington.
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"Everybody is fully aware that Iran will agree to have Major Weapons Inspections in order to ensure 'Nuclear Honesty' long into the future," Trump said in the post.

Inspections were part of the Obama-era agreement that Trump canceled during his first term, after which Iran stopped letting international inspectors in.

-ABC News’ Michelle Stoddart

11:59 AM EDT

Rubio to visit UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit the Middle East this week for the first time since the war with Iran began, with stops planned in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain, according to the State Department.

He is slated to leave Tuesday and return on Thursday.

Secretary of State, Marco Rubio listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the G7 summit, June 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France.
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-ABC News’ Shannon Kingston

10:05 AM EDT

US issues sanctions waivers on Iranian oil following MOU with Iran

The Trump administration has formally issued a waiver on the sale on Iranian oil, following through on a promise from the Memorandum of Understanding signed by President Donald Trump.

The waiver legalizes the sale of Iranian oil and allows transactions involving vessels that had been previously sanctioned.

The sanctions will be waived for a 60-day period beginning Monday and ending at 12:01 a.m. ET on Aug. 21.

The waiver also allows for "any payment of funds owed to Iran, the Government of Iran, or any blocked person for the purchase of crude oil" to be made in U.S. dollars.

The waiver does not, however, allow the sanctions on Iranian oil to be lifted for people in North Korea, Cuba and parts of Ukraine like Crimea.

-ABC News’ Shannon Kingston and Michelle Stoddart

10:03 AM EDT

Netanyahu says IDF forces will stay in southern Lebanon security zone

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israel Defense Forces will remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon as "long as necessary" to protect residents in the north and the citizens of Lebanon.

Smoke rises from the site of a string of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on June 20, 2026.
Abbas Fakih/AFP via Getty Images

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