[Anchor]

U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that Iran will undergo nuclear inspections and that Americans will be included in the team. Iran has pointed out that U.S. officials are making contradictory statements regarding the previous memorandum of understanding. With both sides continuing to voice different positions, working-level talks are scheduled to resume next week.

Report by Washington correspondent Lee Hanseok.

[Reporter]

In a phone interview with Fox News, U.S. President Donald Trump said that American inspectors will join the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) when it enters Iran to search for highly enriched uranium.

Even as Iran recently denied the U.S. announcement that it had accepted nuclear inspections following the signing of the memorandum of understanding to end the war, President Trump is treating the resumption of inspections as a fait accompli.

In addition, Trump wrote on his social media that he had received notification from the Iranian side that no fees are being collected for passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

He emphasized that if this notification turns out to be false, negotiations will end immediately.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that working-level talks with Iran will be held in Switzerland on the 29th or 30th of next week.

As a follow-up measure to implement the memorandum of understanding, the two countries are expected to discuss the abandonment of nuclear weapons and the issue of passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

Previously, Secretary of State Rubio stated that the Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway and opposed Iran's attempt to impose transit fees.

[Marco Rubio/U.S. Secretary of State: There is no country anywhere in the world that supports the imposition of tolls or fees for the use of the strait. That will not happen.]

Reuters reported that the Prime Minister of Qatar is visiting Oman to discuss promoting a meeting involving Gulf Arab states, including Iran and Iraq.

The issue of imposing tolls in the Strait of Hormuz is expected to be a major agenda item.

Iran is pushing to impose tolls after a 60-day follow-up negotiation period, while Gulf nations are expected to demand an exemption from the strait transit fees.

(Reported by Oh Jeong-sik | Video edited by Chae Cheol-ho)