US official: Iran promises to permanently abandon nuclear weapons, but US needs to establish verification mechanism On June 13th, according to CNN, a senior US government official stated on Friday that Iran has "promised never to seek or develop nuclear weapons," which the official called a "significant concession" made by Tehran. Iran has previously made similar public commitments. We are satisfied with their commitment not to manufacture nuclear weapons, but we must verify this, which is also the reason why the agreement adopts this structure - to ensure the establishment of verification and inspection mechanisms, and to ensure that they will not benefit from negotiations until we see that they do take positive measures to dismantle their nuclear program, "said the senior official. Previously, negotiations had discussed a 10-year or 20-year deadline for Iran to commit not to develop nuclear weapons, but Trump has stated that this is not enough for him. The senior official stated that the United States is willing to allow Iran to use nuclear energy for civilian purposes. We have no objection to the idea of Iran building a civilian nuclear power plant. What we oppose is the infrastructure that can enable them to leap from civilian power generation to nuclear weapons development, which is exactly what they have long possessed