Overview

• The US plan would let Iran continue civilian uranium enrichment under an IAEA-supervised consortium involving Gulf partners and tie sanctions relief to compliance
• Iran’s 60% enriched uranium stockpile has climbed about 50% to 408.6 kilograms, enough for nine bombs if further processed, prompting an IAEA warning of serious concern
• Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has rebuffed US interference and insisted on Iran’s sovereign right to pursue nuclear technology
• Israel has denounced the proposal as a security risk and pressed for the dismantling and export of Iran’s enrichment facilities before any agreement
• Widespread strikes and an economic downturn are driving Iran’s negotiators to consider compromises in hopes of lifting crippling sanctions