Saudi outlet Al Arabiya reports US-Iran agreement taking
shape behind the scenes: Hormuz Strait to reopen, sanctions lifted, and Tehran
permitted to continue enriching uranium under international oversight.
The Saudi newspaper Al Arabiya is reporting that the
United States and Iran have reached understandings on a deal that, if
finalized, would raise significant concerns in Israel. According to the report,
the emerging agreement would permit Iran to continue enriching uranium in a
framework similar to the 2015 Obama-era nuclear accord.
The Saudi outlet cites a senior source familiar with details of the talks, which are being mediated by Qatar and Pakistan. According to this source, the deal taking shape places no restrictions on Iranian military activity and allows uranium enrichment up to 3.67%, the same threshold set in the JCPOA agreement signed between Iran and the Obama administration in 2015, from which Trump withdrew during his first term.
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Senior Researcher Brad Myers Comments:
Why would this deal, if finalized, would raise
significant concerns in Israel?
Would it really be a win for the United States if
President Trump made a deal that allowed the current Iranian regime to stay in
power, placed no restrictions on Iranian military activity, permitted continued
uranium enrichment, lifted sanctions on Iran, unfroze regime funds held abroad,
and reopened the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping?
How would millions of Iranians living under an oppressive regime feel if President Trump struck a deal that kept the current Iranian government in power, despite its track record of killing their family and friends?
More importantly, what would the Prime Minister of Israel think about a U.S. deal that allows the Iranian regime to stay in power while retaining the ability to enrich uranium and possess long-range ballistic missiles capable of destroying the State of Israel?
An article published by Cleveland Jewish News on April 7, 2025, highlighted insightful comments from Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the danger of allowing Iran to enrich uranium at any level:
Iran nuclear deal must remove enrichment capabilities, Netanyahu tells JNS "The only way to prevent the Islamic Republic from building a nuclear weapon is to dismantle all the infrastructure of Iran’s nuclear program. That is the deal," the premier said. "We cannot live with anything short of that—anything short of that could bring you the opposite result, because Iran will say, 'All right, I won’t enrich, wait, run out the clock, wait for another president, do it again,'" explained Netanyahu, adding: "That’s unacceptable."
