Iran Agrees to Surrender Enriched Uranium Stockpile in Trump Deal, Averting Renewed U.S. Strikes
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Updated · The New York Times · May 24
Iran Agrees to Surrender Enriched Uranium Stockpile in Trump Deal, Averting Renewed U.S. Strikes
9 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 24
Two U.S. officials said Tehran accepted a proposed commitment to give up its highly enriched uranium stockpile, a central element of the U.S.-Iran deal Trump said was close.
U.S. negotiators secured that concession after warning through intermediaries they would walk away and resume the military campaign unless the stockpile was addressed in the initial phase.
Key details remain unresolved, including exactly how Iran would relinquish the uranium; that mechanism was deferred to a coming round of nuclear talks.
Trump said the broader agreement could help end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran has not publicly confirmed the arrangement and hurdles to a final deal remain.
The stockpile issue carries added weight because military planners recently prepared options to bomb it at Isfahan, the site hit by U.S. Tomahawk missiles last June.
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