IRAN WAR: Iran won’t allow UN inspectors at bombed nuclear sites

Here's the latest on the Iran war on Tuesday.

Published Jun 23, 2026  •  3 minute read

When the U.S. joined Israel's war with Iran in mid-2025, it bombed nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan with powerful bunker-busting bombs dropped from B-2 stealth bombers. Photo by Satellite image /Vantor/AFP

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Iran claimed on Tuesday that United Nations inspectors will not be able to inspect nuclear sites bombed by the United States and Israel last year.

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The country has denied a claim made by U.S. Vice President JD Vance that Iran had agreed to invite International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors back to the country after they were blocked from nuclear sites struck in a 12-day war last year.

This as attacks continue between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Israeli gunfire killed two people and wounded two others in the Lebanese town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa.

Here’s the latest on the Iran war on Tuesday:

Trump says Iran will have to agree to ‘major weapons inspections’

In a post on Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran will have to “agree to have Major Weapons Inspections” for a long period of time.

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Rubio to visit countries hit hardest by Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to arrive in the Gulf region on Tuesday, visiting the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait, to sell the U.S.-Iran peace deal to the countries, which were the hardest hit by Iran during the Middle East conflict.

The three countries have welcomed an end to the conflict, but Rubio may find it challenging to convince them of the positives of the peace deal, CNN reported.

Under the memorandum of understanding, Iran and Oman would oversee commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The deal, however, doesn’t address Iran’s missile program, which is a concern to the Gulf countries, more so than Iran’s nuclear activities.

The deal also requires buy-in from the affected countries because of the $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran that its government insists on having. U.S. President Donald Trump committed Gulf funding to it, but there’s no indication whether the countries have signed on.

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Israeli fire kills 2 in southern Lebanon

Israeli military has confirmed it carried out a strike in southern Lebanon, attacking fighters who “posed a threat” to its soldiers.

The military said in a statement that it “struck armed terrorists” operating near Israeli soldiers in the Ali al-Taher area, which is located in the area of the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, where an attack killed two people and wounded two others, Al Jazeera reported.

The Israeli military said it would “continue to operate to remove immediate threats”.

UN nuclear watchdog not allowed in Iran

Iran is claiming that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog, will not be able to inspect key nuclear sites bombed by the U.S. and Israel last year.

Tehran denied claims made by U.S. Vice President Vance that it agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back after Iran blocked them from the struck nuclear sites by its enemies last year, AFP reported.

“We have not had a meeting with the director general of the IAEA, nor do we have any plans for the agency to inspect Iran’s nuclear facilities damaged by the US and Zionist military aggression,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told reporters.

Iran’s UN ambassador Ali Bahreini also told reporters that “there hasn’t been such a decision” to allow IAEA inspectors into the country.

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