Friday, July 21, 2023

Are Iran, the West still moving toward unofficial nuclear understanding? - analysis

Are Iran and the West still moving toward an unofficial understanding that will reduce tensions in the nuclear standoff, or did that understanding run off the rails?

We will need to continue to watch the key pieces of evidence related to the understanding to know for sure, but The Jerusalem Post has learned from Western sources that, despite some counter-evidence, the understanding may be holding.

In mid-June, a tidal wave of reports surfaced saying that an unofficial understanding between the West and the Islamic Republic had been reached, or would be reached soon.


The reports were so detailed that they riled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials into ramping up attacks on negotiations with Tehran to the highest level.

On the nuclear front, the “less for less” deal reportedly meant all the 60% highly enriched uranium would remain, all the advanced centrifuges would stay, and all Tehran would need to do would be to pause additional enrichment at the high 60% level. READ MORE