Overview

• Deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said Iran will reduce uranium enrichment levels if President Trump lifts sanctions under legal and no-attack guarantees.
• First Vice President Mohammadreza Aref said direct nuclear talks with Washington are possible if suitable conditions are met, rejecting demands for a total enrichment ban as a “joke.”
• Iran insists complete cessation of uranium enrichment is out of the question, framing the programme as a sovereign right essential for self-reliance.
• Formal nuclear negotiations have remained suspended since June when Israeli and US strikes damaged the Fordow and other enrichment sites.
• Iran’s technical cooperation with the IAEA is described as complicated as it prepares for the UN watchdog’s first visit since scaling back ties in June.