Overview

• Press reports indicate that the administration discussed offering Iran as much as $30 billion in civilian nuclear aid and sanction relief to revive negotiations.
• President Trump denied the reports on Truth Social, branding them a “hoax” and asserting he was “not offering Iran anything” since U.S. airstrikes “obliterated” its nuclear facilities.
• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Special Envoy Steve Witkoff remains in contact with Iranian officials through direct and indirect channels.
• Iran has barred UN nuclear inspectors from its facilities struck in the June 21 airstrikes and is demanding explicit assurances against further U.S. attacks before resuming substantive talks.
• The sharp public denials contrast with covert diplomacy and follow Pentagon airstrikes that significantly set back Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites.