Iran says interaction with IAEA to continue

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that Iran's interactions with the United Nations nuclear watchdog will continue in accordance with current procedures.

He made the remarks in an interview with the official news agency IRNA, in response to U.S. officials' claims that Iran has agreed to invite inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the country.

Iran's interactions with the IAEA will continue in accordance with the country's obligations under the safeguards agreement with the agency and the existing procedures, and in compliance with the Iranian parliament's approvals and the Supreme National Security Council's (SNSC's) decisions, Baghaei said.

Iran suspended cooperation with the IAEA in late June 2025 under a parliamentary law, citing the agency's failure to condemn the Israeli and U.S. attacks earlier that month on Iran's nuclear sites.

Despite the suspension, Iran previously said it remained committed to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and abided by the safeguards agreement with the IAEA.

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said that "everybody is fully aware that Iran will agree to have major weapons inspections in order to ensure 'Nuclear Honesty' long into the future" in a post on Truth Social.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Monday in Switzerland that Iranians have agreed to invite IAEA inspectors to the country "at the minimum of this week," and the IAEA would likely monitor Iran's nuclear program.

Iran and the United States on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding on ending the war in the region on all fronts, including Lebanon.

The two countries' delegations held lengthy negotiations on a final agreement in Burgenstock, Switzerland, on Sunday, with the mediation of Qatar and Pakistan.

IRNA quoted sources informed of Sunday's negotiations as saying that no talk was held on Tehran's nuclear program in the 18-hour negotiations.

The hostilities began on Feb. 28, when Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and other Iranian cities. Iran responded with waves of missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and U.S. bases and assets in the region.

Iran says interaction with IAEA to continue

Global supply chains are moving toward greater resilience, efficiency and vitality in the long run, even as geopolitical tensions pose systemic risks, according to a report released Monday at the fourth China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing.

The report, titled Global Supply Chain Report 2026 and published by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), added six new supply chain mappings covering artificial intelligence, 3D printing, hydrogen energy, steel, corn and maritime shipping, bringing the total number of mapped supply chains to 23 since the first expo in 2023.

The CCPIT also released global supply chain resilience indices, which this year expanded to include dedicated indices for the United States and the European Union.

The overall index readings from 2018 to 2025 show that global supply chain promotion, connectivity, innovation and resilience indices all registered gains.

"All indices registered upward movements, pointing to a stable and improving global supply chain environment in which cooperative dynamics continue to outweigh frictions. The resilience index, however, rose at a considerably slower pace than the others, which indicates that the resilience of global supply chain remains fragile and is still in a stage of gradual recovery," said Zhao Ping, dean of the Academy of CCPIT.

Experts attending the expo said that building resilient global supply chains requires countries to deepen collaboration and freely share technology, rather than resorting to the protectionist and unilateral policies that disrupt international trade.

Global supply chains moving toward resilience, efficiency despite geopolitical risks: report