Iran open to regional consortium, enriched uranium transfer in US nuclear talks
Iran’s UN ambassador says his country would consider transfer of enriched uranium stockpiles and outside investment in energy sector if there is an agreement with the US, but that the country is unwilling to accept restrictions on its missile program or domestic enrichment.
US President Donald Trump has said talks with Iran could resume next week, although no date has been set, according to the White House.
While Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi added today that there are “no plans” as of yet for talks, expectations are that a date could be announced any day.
There were direct and indirect talks between the United States and Iran — some through Qatar and other intermediaries — before and during the 12 days of war, including talks that resulted in a ceasefire brokered by Trump on June 24 that ended the conflict.
President Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, has said that the United States is now hopeful for a “comprehensive peace agreement with Iran” that would include a discussion of rebuilding Iran's civil nuclear program without enrichment and whether there is a way in which Iran can be part of a regional "renaissance" with its Gulf Arab neighbors — linking a possible agreement with Iran to Trump’s vision of a region governed by “commerce, not conflict.”
