President Trump’s envoy to the Middle East crafted the outline of a potential nuclear arrangement with Iran that was handed over to officials in Tehran over the weekend. Under the terms of the proposal, Iran would continue to enrich uranium at low levels while the U.S. and other countries work out a more detailed plan to block Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon.
The proposal amounts to a bridge between the current situation, in which Iran is rapidly producing near-bomb-grade uranium, and the U.S. goal of Iran enriching no uranium at all on its soil. It is the first concrete indication since Trump took office that the U.S. and Iran might be able to find a compromise. Officials in Tehran indicated that a response would come in several days.
A breakthrough would be an unexpected twist in the president’s diplomatic approach: After pulling out of the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, he ordered the killing of Iran’s highest-ranking generals. Iran, in return, has been accused of hiring assassins to kill Trump during his 2024 campaign.
However, some details of a potential future deal remain vague, and the two sides are far apart on many issues. Just yesterday, Trump said he would “not allow any enrichment of uranium” in Iran.
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