Overview
- Iran plans to submit its own “reasonable, logical and balanced” plan through Oman before indirect talks restart in Muscat on June 15.
- The U.S. maintains that any deal must bar Iran’s uranium enrichment, a position that clashes with Tehran’s assertion of its NPT-guaranteed enrichment rights.
- The IAEA Board of Governors convened June 9 in Vienna to vote on a resolution finding Iran in noncompliance over expanded 60% uranium stockpiles and insufficient cooperation.
- Tehran warned it would curb its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog if the noncompliance resolution is approved.
- President Trump cautioned Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu against preemptive strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to preserve the fragile negotiation process.