Overview

• President Trump confirmed he told Prime Minister Netanyahu that any strike on Iran would be inappropriate at a time of diplomatic progress.
• The United States and Iran have completed five Oman-mediated rounds of talks that Trump says are close to producing a framework agreement.
• U.S. officials maintain any deal must include a halt to Iran’s uranium enrichment, a condition Tehran rejects as an infringement on its sovereign rights.
• Iranian negotiators have proposed pausing enrichment for one year and allowing American inspectors in exchange for recognition of their civilian nuclear rights and release of frozen assets.
• Israeli leaders remain alarmed by the prospect of an agreement permitting enrichment, and Washington has cautioned against unilateral military action.