Iran indicated Tuesday that it would be willing to accept temporary limits on uranium enrichment as part of a nuclear deal with the U.S. — accepting the same terms that were in President Barack Obama’s deal in 2015. The Trump administration is insisting, at least publicly, on the dismantling of Iran’s enrichment program. There is no civilian purpose for higher levels of uranium enrichment; it is solely for use in nuclear weapons.
President Trump has frequently cited his May 2018 decision to leave Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran as one of the most significant decisions of his first presidency. News reports have suggested, however, that the ongoing talks between the Trump administration and the Iranian regime are producing the framework of an agreement that repeats many of the Obama deal’s flaws.
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff told Breitbart News last week that the U.S. would insist that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities would have to be “dismantled.” However, he did not say Iran would have to stop supporting terror, or show improvement on human rights. Trump said Tuesday in Saudi Arabia that Iran “will never have a nuclear weapon” — guarantees similar to those of the Obama and Biden administrations. President Trump has said that he would attack Iran if the regime refuses to reach a nuclear deal with the U.S. (Read More)
