Overview

• Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, criticized the US proposal for ignoring sanctions relief and warned Tehran will not accept a unilateral deal.
• The IAEA reported that Iran’s stockpile of uranium enriched to 60 percent has jumped to 408.6 kilograms.
• Washington and Tehran have held five rounds of indirect, Omani-mediated talks since April to replace the 2015 nuclear deal but remain divided over enrichment limits and sanctions.
• The IAEA is set to consider a noncompliance resolution on Iran’s nuclear activities; Tehran has threatened to reduce cooperation if the measure passes.
• Iran has dismissed IAEA criticisms of poor cooperation and undeclared nuclear material as politically motivated and based on forged documents from Israel.