Overview

• The US special envoy’s draft offer would let Iran carry out restricted low-level uranium enrichment for a to-be-agreed period in return for dismantling key conversion and processing infrastructure and halting new centrifuge development.
• The proposal envisions a regional enrichment consortium under International Atomic Energy Agency oversight to supply civilian reactor fuel and enhance monitoring.
• President Trump’s social-media declaration that “we will not allow any enrichment of uranium” directly clashes with the administration’s secret offer and envoy statements.
• Iran, which has increased uranium to 60% purity and amassed over 400 kg of near-weapons-grade material, has signaled it will reject any deal that forbids its enrichment rights.
• Five rounds of talks mediated by Oman have taken place since April, and a sixth session is expected once Iran formally responds, with sanctions relief contingent on its compliance.