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President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that Iran had agreed to the “highest level Nuclear inspections” in perpetuity, even after Tehran said nothing had changed in its cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog.

“Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!),” he wrote on Truth Social. “This will insure ‘Nuclear Honesty.’ If they did not agree to this, there would be no further negotiations!”

It was the latest salvo in dueling narratives about the state of the talks, which began over the weekend in Switzerland. On Monday, Vice President JD Vance said a “major milestone” had been reached when Iran agreed to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency into the country.

He didn’t specify what type of access they would have. And hours later, Tehran said its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog would continue “under the current procedures.”

Trump, in his post, reaffirmed the US blockade of Iranian ports would remain lifted, a provision of the memorandum of understanding signed with Iran last week.

And he claimed any financial relief offered to Iran would come with conditions, namely that freed-up money would be put toward “the purchase of food and medical supplies, exclusively from the United States, including Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans from our great American Farmers.”

“These are things that are desperately needed by Iran. This is a humanitarian crisis, and I feel it is necessary to help, NOW, before it is too late. Talks are going well!” he wrote.