CIA director says Iran will not accept US nuclear demands

CIA Director Ratcliffe has told President Trump and senior officials that Iran will not accept the nuclear concessions demanded by the U.S. in any final agreement, Axios reported, citing three sources. Ratcliffe's assessment is based on collected intelligence. He is not the only skeptic. According to two of the sources, Secretary of State Rubio and Secretary of Defense Hegseth also raised concerns about the deal in internal discussions. In contrast, Vice President Vance and envoys Witkoff and Kushner supported the agreement. Before the deal's announcement on June 14, President Trump and his aides held a series of high-level meetings to review intelligence. The information indicated that internal discussions among Iranian officials did not match the positions they had conveyed to mediators and the U.S. This led Ratcliffe and Rubio to conclude that Iran would not agree to the required nuclear measures, two sources said.