U.S. President Donald Trump said that American inspectors will be included in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection team to be deployed to Iran, Fox News reported on the 24th (local time).

Fox News reporter Trey Yingst stated that President Trump told him in a phone interview that day, "There is no rush to send inspectors into Iran, but when the IAEA goes into Iran to find highly enriched uranium (HEU), American inspectors will be part of it."

Even as Iran denies the U.S. announcement that it has accepted IAEA nuclear inspections following the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end the war between the U.S. and Iran, President Trump continues to treat the resumption of inspections as a fait accompli.

Meeting with reporters the previous day, President Trump said that the IAEA inspection team would be deployed to Iranian nuclear facilities at an appropriate time. Regarding Iran's statement that there are no plans for IAEA inspections, he said, "They are wrong," adding, "If they are right, I would cancel the meeting right now."

On the other hand, Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated on the same day that reports of Iran accepting IAEA inspections of nuclear facilities previously struck by U.S. airstrikes were untrue, adding, "Whether to resume inspections will be decided based on the future (end-of-war) negotiation process and its results."

While visiting the U.S. Senate for a luncheon with lawmakers that day, President Trump said, "Iran is making very big concessions. We are winning big," and added, "We will see what happens, but (so far) it has been very, very, very strong. It will turn out very, very well."

This appears to be an attempt to dispel domestic criticism in the U.S. that he has made too many concessions to Iran and to highlight an optimistic outlook for the negotiations.

When asked about his decision to withhold his signature on a housing supply expansion bill passed by Congress and link it to the passage of a bill strengthening voter identification, President Trump said, "Every election is important. They (the opposition party) want communists to get (into Congress). The people they are pushing are communists, and there can be no communists in this country."

With candidates supported by Democratic Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani winning consecutive Democratic primary elections ahead of the November midterm elections, Trump is labeling them as "communists" to rally his support base.