Iran's ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday refuted statements made by US Vice President JD Vance about supposed agreements reached at the latest negotiations in Switzerland.
At a press conference in Geneva, Ali Bahreini cited Vance's remarks the previous day about the handling of the Iranian nuclear programme and the use of Iranian assets frozen abroad.
Iran has not yet agreed to the deployment of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to monitor its nuclear activities, Bahreini said.
On Monday, following high-level talks with Iranian representatives at the Bürgenstock Hotel near Lucerne, Vance said Iran would allow the IAEA into the country, but that no timetable had yet been established.
Whether inspectors will travel to Iran again is the subject of discussions by a working group that has yet to convene, Bahreini said.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei also told reporters in Tehran that no IAEA inspections of damaged nuclear facilities are currently planned.
Bahreini also contradicted Vance's statement that the US and Qatar would determine how released Iranian assets are used. Vance had said that soybeans, corn and wheat would be purchased from the US.
"Iran is the only country to decide what to do with its assets," the ambassador told reporters.
