US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he expects Iran to open itself to international inspection to verify that it doesn’t restart its nuclear programme.

Asked during a White House news conference if he would demand during expected talks with Iran that the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog, or some other organisation be authorised to conduct inspections, Trump responded that the Islamic Republic would have to cooperate with the group “or somebody that we respect, including ourselves”.

Earlier, Iran's top diplomat said that the possibility of new negotiations with the United States on his country's nuclear programme has been “complicated” by the American attack on three of the sites, which he conceded caused “serious damage".

The US was one of the parties to the 2015 nuclear deal in which Iran agreed to limits on its uranium enrichment programme in exchange for sanctions relief and other benefits.

Nuclear talks

That deal unravelled after Trump unilaterally pulled out the US during his first term. Trump has suggested he's interested in new talks with Iran and said the two sides would meet next week.

In an interview on Iranian state television broadcast, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left open the possibility that his country would again enter talks on its nuclear programme, but suggested it wouldn't be anytime soon.

“No agreement has been made for resuming the negotiations,” he said. “No time has been set, no promise has been made, and we haven't even talked about restarting the talks.”

The American decision to intervene militarily “made it more complicated and more difficult” for talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, Araghchi said.

Friday prayers

Many imams, during Friday prayers, stressed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s message that the war had been a victory for Iran.

Cleric Hamzeh Khalili, who is also the deputy chief justice of Iran, vowed during a prayer service in Tehran that the courts would prosecute people accused of spying for Israel “in a special way”.

During the war with Israel, Iran hanged several people whom it already had in custody on espionage charges, sparking fears from activists that it could conduct a wave of executions after the conflict ended. Authorities reportedly have detained dozens in various cities on the charge of cooperating with Israel.

Israel relentlessly attacked Iran beginning on June 13, targeting its nuclear sites, defence systems, high-ranking military officials and atomic scientists.

In 12 days of strikes, Israel said that it killed around 30 Iranian commanders and 11 nuclear scientists, while hitting eight nuclear-related facilities and more than 720 military infrastructure sites. More than 1000 people were killed, including at least 417 civilians, according to the Washington-based Human Rights Activists group.

Iran fired more than 550 ballistic missiles at Israel, most of which were intercepted, but those that got through caused damage in many areas and killed 28 people.

Israeli military spokesperson Brig Gen Effie Defrin said Saturday that in some areas, it had exceeded its operational goals, but needed to remain vigilant.

“We are under no illusion, the enemy has not changed its intentions,” he said.

The US stepped in on Monday to hit three of Iran's nuclear sites with bunker busters dropped by B-2 bombers — explosives designed to penetrate deep into the ground to damage the heavily fortified targets. Iran, in retaliation, fired missiles at a US base in Qatar on Tuesday, but caused no known casualties.