The Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, holds a press conference in Tehran on Dec. 30, 2024. (Credit: Atta Kenare/AFP)
Days before the next round of negotiations, scheduled for Saturday in Muscat between the United States and Iran, the U.S. Secretary of State sought to clarify Washington’s stance. "If Iran wants a civilian nuclear program, it can have one, like many other countries, by importing enriched material," said Marco Rubio, in an interview with Free Press, suggesting that Iran should forgo any domestic nuclear enrichment.A few days prior, the special envoy for negotiations with Tehran, Steve Witkoff, said that Iran's enrichment of uranium to 3.67 percent fissile isotopes – the same level agreed upon in the 2015 agreement – would be a suitable benchmark. "I believe Steve Witkoff then clarified what he meant: the limit [of 3.67 percent] would be the amount of enriched uranium that Iranians would be allowed to import for their...
Days before the next round of negotiations, scheduled for Saturday in Muscat between the United States and Iran, the U.S. Secretary of State sought to clarify Washington’s stance. "If Iran wants a civilian nuclear program, it can have one, like many other countries, by importing enriched material," said Marco Rubio, in an interview with Free Press, suggesting that Iran should forgo any domestic nuclear enrichment.A few days prior, the special envoy for negotiations with Tehran, Steve Witkoff, said that Iran's enrichment of uranium to 3.67 percent fissile isotopes – the same level agreed upon in the 2015 agreement – would be a suitable benchmark. "I believe Steve Witkoff then clarified what he meant: the limit [of 3.67 percent] would be the amount of enriched uranium that Iranians would be allowed to import for...