Tehran said on Wednesday its 10-point plan for securing an end to the war with the United States would require Washington to accept its uranium enrichment program and the lifting of all sanctions
Iran’s uranium enrichment has become a flashpoint in the Iran-US ceasefire as the issue potentially hangs the deal by a thread. Both sides have put across their own versions of dealing with the uranium question.
Iran’s terms: Enrichment as a red line
Tehran said on Wednesday its 10-point plan for securing an end to the war with the United States would require Washington to accept its uranium enrichment program and the lifting of all sanctions.
The Islamic Republic claimed victory and said in a statement, released alongside a list of the 10 points published by state media, that the plan would require “continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of enrichment, lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions.”
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Meanwhile, the Farsi version of Iran’s proposal explicitly mentions “acceptance of enrichment” — a clause absent in the English version.
Former foreign minister Javad Zarif outlined a roadmap under which Iran would cap enrichment at 3.67 per cent under international monitoring in return for sanctions relief.
Tehran is treating its stockpile of roughly 440 kg of 60 per cent enriched uranium, as estimated by the International Atomic Energy Agency, as a key bargaining chip in upcoming talks in Islamabad.
‘Taken care of’
On the other hand, US President Donald Trump has said that Iran’s nuclear stockpile “will be perfectly taken care of” under the new deal between the two countries.
When asked about what would happen to Iran’s enriched uranium, Trump told AFP, “That will be perfectly taken care of, or I wouldn’t have settled.”
The US leader appeared bullish on the truce with Iran, despite Tehran also casting it as a win for its side, and amid questions over exactly what both sides had agreed on.
The two sides agreed on the ceasefire barely an hour before Trump’s deadline to obliterate the Islamic Republic was set to expire.
“Total and complete victory. 100 per cent. No question about it,” Trump told AFP in the brief call when asked if he was claiming victory with the ceasefire.
The core deadlock: Nuclear sovereignty vs dismantlement
Recognition of enrichment rights is framed by Tehran as a matter of national sovereignty. Washington wants the removal or neutralisation of Iran’s uranium stockpile to block any path to 90 per cent weapons-grade enrichment.
The nuclear dispute is tightly linked to Iran’s demand for lifting all sanctions — making it the central obstacle ahead of talks reportedly scheduled for April 10 in Pakistan.
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With inputs from agencies
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