Foreign media reported today: According to an Arab diplomat who is familiar with the core provisions of Iran's draft proposal, Tehran is willing to reduce the enrichment level of uranium from 60% to about 3.6% - a level close to the standard set in the 2015 nuclear agreement.
The diplomat said that in the previous round of negotiations, the U.S. did not insist on requiring Iran to "completely stop uranium enrichment." According to this draft, Iran proposed to suspend uranium enrichment activities for seven years, while the U.S. hoped for a commitment period of ten years.
A major point of contention between the two sides is Iran's hundreds of kilograms of uranium stockpile. Iran refuses to transport this uranium out of the country, and is only willing to dilute it. However, the U.S. insists that this nuclear material must be removed from Iranian territory.
Comment: The United States has always used military deterrence as a backing throughout the negotiation process, with aircraft carriers arriving, threatening strikes, and using the threat of war as a bargaining chip. It has been exerting extreme pressure on issues such as the duration and nuclear stockpiles, trying to make Iran surrender unconditionally. Although Iran has made concessions on the enrichment level, it refuses to hand over the nuclear stockpiles, which is a last line of defense against power. The U.S. giving up "zero enrichment" is just a tactical compromise, but its core remains to force submission through military might. War clouds are gathering under the negotiation table; once Iran does not follow the U.S. script, the risk of military conflict will rise sharply, and the Middle East and global energy security will be tied to the edge of war.
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