Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told CBS's "Face the Nation" that inspections "can" be agreed "within the negotiations" with Washington. CBS says he rejected a return under the existing framework set after the U.S. quit the 2015 nuclear deal. He also called building nuclear weapons "haram" (forbidden) as a matter of belief. The interview was taped Friday, Sept. 25, before Trump rejected Iran’s Hormuz plan.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says he is open to allowing nuclear inspectors into Iran.
Explicitly attributed to Pezeshkian in his CBS interview; the listed supporting coverage of this statement comes from CBS.
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Pezeshkian rejects allowing inspections under the current framework.
Attributed to Pezeshkian; the listed CBS transcript supports his refusal to use the existing frameworks, but this is single-source reporting.
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The interview was taped Friday, before Trump rejected Iran’s Hormuz plan.
CBS is the sole listed source for the interview’s recording time and its sequence relative to Trump's rejection.