Megan Rapinoe was on hand Sunday to help the Seattle Storm retire Sue Bird’s No. 10 jersey.

Bird retired from the WNBA at the end of the 2022 season. She spent 20 years in the pros and has many accolades to her credit. Bird was a two-time national champion at UConn before becoming a four-time WNBA champion and five-time Olympic gold medalist.

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She was a 13-time All-Star, five-time All-WNBA First Team member and was named to the 10th, 15th, 20th and 25th WNBA anniversary teams.

Rapinoe lauded Bird’s career as "arguably the best" of anyone in sports.

"Congratulations on like, arguably the best career that anyone has ever had in the history of any sport ever," Rapinoe said at the ceremony in Seattle.

But her statement sparked a debate on Twitter. While Bird is headed for the Basketball Hall of Fame in a few years, basketball fans took a peek at her stat line and disagreed. Bird averaged 11.7 points, 5.6 assists and 2.5 rebounds in 580 career WNBA games with similar numbers in the playoffs.

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Rapinoe may be a little biased. She and Bird have been together since 2017 and the two got engaged in October 2020. The two talked to People in March 2022 about the wedding planning.

"Ironically, this is, like I said, honestly, stars aligning seems to be the theme," Bird told the outlet. "We're kind of toying with having a wedding in Mexico maybe. So there'll definitely be Coronas on deck. I can count on that for sure."

While Bird may have a little bit more time on her hands, Rapinoe is about to enter her busy season. Along with the National Women’s Soccer League in full gear, she will look to help the U.S. women back to a World Cup championship.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is warning that the West cannot stop his country from obtaining nuclear weapons. 

Speaking Sunday during a tour of Iran’s nuclear project, Khamenei said, "On the basis of our Islamic ideals, we do not want nuclear weapons," according to The Jerusalem Post. 

"But if this wasn’t the case, they would not be able to prevent us from doing so, just like they could not prevent our nuclear advancements so far," he added. 

Khamenei urged Iranian officials not to comply with "excessive and false demands" from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), saying that a 2020 law passed by Iran's parliament – in which the country would suspend the IAEA’s inspections of its nuclear activity and increase uranium enrichment if sanctions are not lifted – should be respected, Reuters reported. 

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"This is a good law... which must be respected and not violated in providing access and information (to the IAEA)," Reuters quoted Khamenei as saying. 

He also said a deal with the West over Iran's nuclear work is possible if its nuclear infrastructure remains untouched, Reuters reported.

But Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow and Iran expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that "Khamenei’s comments on any potential nuclear agreement have no meaning sans context. 

"He is not interested in making Iran a responsible nuclear stakeholder nor is he enthralled with the idea of a deal," Taleblu added. "It is all about retaining Iran’s atomic infrastructure as much as possible and by any means possible."

The IAEA closed two investigations into Iran's nuclear program around the start of June as part of the negotiations seeking a reinstallation of monitoring equipment.

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The IAEA was working to reinstate monitoring equipment that Iran had ordered removed after withdrawing from its 2015 nuclear deal, but the organization has only put a slim amount of equipment in place. 

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant condemned the move, offering an ominous warning that Israel may have to take actions of its own. 

"The dangers facing the State of Israel are increasing, and we may be required to fulfill our duty in order to protect the integrity of Israel and especially the future of the Jewish people," he said at the time. "The tasks are heavy and the challenges are great. The reality in which we find ourselves is complex, but the State of Israel, the IDF and all the security agencies, will know what to do to ensure Israel's security in the present and in the future." 

The IAEA's actions came as a top Iranian general announced that the country was ramping up efforts to export weapons, military equipment and training to its allies in both the Middle East and across the globe. 

Fox News’ Anders Hagstrom, and Yonat Friling contributed to this report.