President Donald Trump continues to be obsessed with getting Iran’s enriched uranium. “The Enriched Uranium (Nuclear Dust!) will either be immediately turned over to the United States to be brought home and destroyed or, preferably, in conjunction and coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran, destroyed in place or, at another acceptable location, with the Atomic Energy Commission, or its equivalent, being witness to this process and event,” he said in a Truth Social posting yesterday.
“Negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran are proceeding nicely! It will only be a Great Deal for all or, no Deal at all—Back to the Battlefront and shooting, but bigger and stronger than ever before,” Trump declared in an earlier statement yesterday afternoon.
As for the draft MOU, [CBS ran a report](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-peace-deal-draft-memo-white-house/ ) on what it claimed were its contents. It “includes a 60-day ceasefire extension, a commitment to ending all military operations on every front, including Lebanon, and affirmation from Iran that it won’t develop nuclear weapons and will dispose of its enriched uranium stockpile,” it said.
Iran has not yet agreed to all the terms, though a senior U.S. official said Sunday that they had agreed in principle to opening the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a lifting of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and ships, as well as to disposing of its stockpile of enriched uranium. According to the draft, Iran would have to agree that its stockpile will be disposed of under a mechanism that has to be settled by both sides, sources said. But exactly how Iran’s the stockpile of enriched uranium will be removed disposed of, and how that would be guaranteed, even if Iran agrees, is not yet determined.
Two regional officials with knowledge of the ongoing diplomacy have confirmed to CBS News that, pending Iran’s approval, the terms in the draft memorandum of understanding include:
A 60-day extension of the current ceasefire.
Iran immediately reopening the Strait of Hormuz and taking steps to ensure traffic returns to pre-war conditions within 30 days.
Iran and the U.S., together with their allies, declaring that all military operations on every front, including Lebanon, end immediately and permanently. They also commit not to start any war against each other and to refrain from threatening or using force.
Iran reaffirming that it will never develop nuclear weapons.
Iran agreeing that its stockpile of enriched uranium will be disposed of under a mechanism that both sides will agree on.
Issues of Iran’s frozen financial assets and sanctions against the regime will be dealt with based on Iran’s compliance with the former points.
