The United States has sent a proposal to Iran over a nuclear deal between the two nations, the White House confirmed on May 31.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has also confirmed receiving the proposal from the US, and Iran will soon respond to the proposal, taking into account its national interests and principles. The proposal came after the UN Nuclear watchdog, IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) s
Oman minister presented US nuke deal proposal
Iran clarified that Oman’s foreign minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi presented the “elements of the US Deal” with Tehran during his short visit.
Seyed Abbas Araghchi wrote on X, ” My dear brother @badralbusaidi, distinguished Foreign Minister of Oman, paid a short visit to Tehran today to present elements of a US proposal which will be appropriately responded to in line with the principles, national interests and rights of the people of Iran.”
‘Iran would not fetch a nuclear bomb’
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt already suggested that Iran should accept the deal as the US President already vowed that “Iran would not fetch a nuclear bomb.”
The West has been expressing concerns over Iran’s nuclear programme. On the other hand, Tehran has been saying that it has no plan to obtain a nuclear bomb. Iranian officials have held meetings in the past few weeks to find a solution accepted by both sides.
‘Iran had amassed 408.6kg (900.8 pounds) of uranium’
As per a report in Al Jazeera, the IAEA in a confidential report that has been seen by several agencies, said that as of May 17, Iran had amassed 408.6kg (900.8 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60 percent – the only non-nuclear weapon state to do so, according to the UN agency – and had increased its stockpile by almost 50 percent to 133.8kg since its last report in February.
Iranian foreign minister Araqchi on Saturday strongly rejected Western demands for Iran to abandon uranium enrichment, calling them an effort to impose dominance over the Iranian nation, IRNA reported.
“When the other parties say you must not have enrichment, they are essentially trying to assert a kind of dominance and superiority over us,” he said. “Under international law, we have the same right as any other country to benefit from peaceful nuclear technology, including enrichment.”
