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Iran live updates: IAEA inspectors will visit Iranian nuclear sites, but timing is unclear, director general says

Iran doesn't have "plans" for inspections at damaged sites, Tehran said Tuesday.

Last Updated: June 24, 2026, 10:46 AM 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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IAEA will inspect Iranian nuclear sites, but timing is unclear, director general says

The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog will inspect nuclear sites in Iran under the terms of the memorandum of understanding signed by Iran and the United States, the group's director general said on Wednesday.

When those inspections will happen is a different matter, Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters in Japan on Wednesday.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi speaks during a meeting with Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings officials at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima pferfecture, Japan Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
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"Whether this happens the day after tomorrow or in one week or in ten days, it's important, but not essential," Grossi said. "This is going to happen. Of course, if they want to comply with the agreement. If they don't want, it's another matter."

He pointed to one of the terms in the memorandum, saying it "says explicitly that the nuclear activities that are going to be carried out with the regards of the nuclear material facilities will be supervised by the IAEA."

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Tehran had agreed to those inspections. A spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry earlier in the day said the country didn’t "have any plans" to allow IAEA teams to visit sites damaged during the current war and the 12-day war in 2025.

-ABC News' Joe Simonetti

Jun 23, 2026, 4:35 PM EDT

Senate passes war powers resolution

The Senate has adopted a House-approved Iran War Powers resolution 50-48 in a symbolic, yet rare, rebuke of President Donald Trump.

Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Maine, Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, and Rand Paul, Kentucky, voted in favor of the resolution while Democrat Sen. John Fetterman, Pennsylvania, voted against it. The four Republican Senators that voted for the resolution have previously joined Democrats on other Iran War Power votes.

Because this is a concurrent resolution, it does not require the president’s signature nor does it carry the force of law; however, it is emblematic of the growing concern both chambers have now voiced with Trump’s handling of the war.

Tuesday's rebuke comes as Trump is expected to huddle with Republican senators on Wednesday to speak on a wide range of topics. Multiple Senators said they are hoping to garner more information out of Trump on the ongoing negotiations with Iran.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa

Jun 23, 2026, 2:02 PM EDT

Trump insists Iran agreed to nuclear inspections, says he’d 'cancel' negotiations if not

President Donald Trump maintained his claims that Iran has agreed to nuclear inspections, telling reporters on Tuesday that he’d "cancel the meetings right now" if they didn’t comply.

Trump said that Iran would allow inspectors into their country but claimed there was currently "no rush" to send them.

Despite the fact that an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said there is no scheduled meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, Trump remained firm in his argument that it will take place and said the Iranians are “wrong” in their public statements.

Pressed on when the inspectors will actually be on the ground in Iran, Trump said "at the appropriate time."

-ABC News' Emily Chang, Isabella Murray and Michelle Stoddart

Jun 23, 2026, 12:51 PM EDT

Strait of Hormuz crossings nearly triple, Marine Traffic and Kpler data show

Strait of Hormuz crossings nearly tripled week-on-week as traffic rebounds sharply after the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran, according to Marine Traffic and Kpler data.

"According to #MarineTraffic data and Kpler data, confirmed crossings rose from 32 vessels between 12–14 June to 93 vessels between 19–21 June, an increase of 61 crossings week-on-week. The sharpest change came on Saturday, when crossings jumped from 3 to 42 compared with the previous weekend," according to Marine Traffic.

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