Overview

• Five rounds of indirect talks in Oman and Rome since April concluded with mediators noting some but not conclusive progress.
• Iran has raised its uranium enrichment to 60 percent purity, far above the 2015 accord cap, prompting US calls for a complete halt.
• The US demands cessation of enrichment as a non-negotiable condition, while Iran insists any deal must lift all sanctions and preserve its enrichment rights.
• Oman has floated either a six-month suspension of Iran’s enrichment activities or the creation of a regional nuclear consortium under IAEA oversight, proposals Iran has not yet accepted.
• IAEA Director Rafael Grossi cautions that an agreement remains uncertain as both Washington and Tehran warn military options could follow a diplomatic breakdown.