The United States send a nuclear proposal to Iran among the growing fears for its levels of uranium
Just a few hours later The publication of a confidential relationship of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Oiea) according to which Iran has increased its reserves of Highly enriched uraniumIranian Foreign Affairs Minister, Abbas Araqchi, announced that he received a Formal proposal of the United States on the components of a possible nuclear agreement with Iran. The newspaper “The New York Times” mentioned information on family sources with the content of the offer.
The proposal would include a list of key points considered by the United States in a possible agreement e It is not a complete version of an agreementAs reported on Saturday “The New York Times”, citing sources with knowledge of the conversations between Iran and the United States. In the document, the United States ask That uranium enrichment is completely interrupted in Iran and that a Regional consortium With the presence of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Arab countries and the United States to produce nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, according to the sources mentioned.
The regional consortium, supervised by OIE and the United States, would be only a part of the Washington proposals contained in the document, according to other information that quote sources, while Confirms the presentation of the proposal to form the consortium. The Irani delegation requested an American position in writing after the correspondent of the White House, Steve Witkoff, verbally presented the proposals during the fourth round of conversations in mascate and exhibited in the Fifth round.
It is the first time from The beginning of the conversations between Tehran and Washington In April that special envoy of President Trump, Steve Witkoffpresents a written proposal to the Iranian part. On Saturday 31 May, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced that he received the proposal through his counterpart in Oman, Badr at Busaidi, who said that they would promptly respond to the proposal “according to the principles, national interests and the rights of the Iranian people”.
The White House also confirmed the shipment of the proposal to Iran. Spokesman for the White House, Carolyn LeavittDeclared: “The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said unequivocally Iran cannot have nuclear weapons. The special correspondent Steve Witkoff sent a detailed and acceptable proposal to the Iranian regime and it is interesting to accept it, “he said.” The government refuses to comment on the details of this proposal by respect for the current negotiation process, “added Leavitt.
However, according to “The New York Times”, many analysts are skeptical about the possibility that the supreme leader of Iran, Ali JameneiHe accepts an agreement that, in practice, would disable the enormous infrastructure of the production of nuclear fuels in the country. The Islamic Republic has spent billions of dollars in recent years To build structureswhich have been repeatedly subject to operations from the United States and by Israel.
“The New York Times” had previously reported, citing four Iranian officials, that the proposal to form a consortium had been presented by Iran during the fourth round of conversations in masked. According to information, Tehran’s proposal includes the formation of a tripartite nuclear consortium, during which they would have carried out Uranium enrichment at low concentrations And then I would have sent the uranium enriched for civil use in other Arab countries.
The OIEA report arouses restless
However, it is not clear how the consortium of the American proposal of the Iranian proposal, nor how and where the enrichment of the uranium would be carried out. The presentation of the proposal coincided with the publication of a report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Oiea) Which suggests an estimated 50% increase in the Uranium reserves enriched by Iran, with a concentration of 60%.
The increase in uranium reserves enriched by 60% of Iran It would be an indicator of Tehran’s efforts To obtain a more powerful influence on negotiations with the United States, the New York Times reported “.
Second The oieaIran has Uranium reserves increased 60%enriched, of 274.8 kilograms in early February at 408.6 kilograms and, according to the criteria of the body, Iran currently has the enriched uranium necessary to produce almost Ten nuclear weapons. In less than two weeks, Iran could convert uranium with its enrichment of 60% to the level necessary to produce a nuclear weapon, that is, with an enrichment of 90% “, reported the Wall Street Journal”, citing US officials.
Further sources • The New York Times
