An Iranian official confirmed that Iran will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons, according to The Jerusalem Post. The statement came shortly after Qatari mediators flew to Tehran this morning to help facilitate a nuclear deal. The report builds on earlier assurances — a senior Iranian official told Reuters earlier today that Tehran would maintain the nuclear status quo until a final agreement is reached, The Zioneer previously reported.
An Iranian official has confirmed that Tehran will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons, according to a report published by The Jerusalem Post. The statement was delivered shortly after Qatari mediators arrived in Tehran this morning to facilitate a potential nuclear deal between Iran and the United States, the outlet said. The report aligns with a thread of developments The Zioneer has been tracking throughout the day: at 13:14 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that a senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran agrees not to produce or purchase nuclear weapons, with the U.S. reportedly waiving oil sanctions for a defined period. Minutes later, at 13:15, another bulletin cited the same Reuters source saying Iran would maintain the nuclear status quo — no enrichment or facility expansion — until a final deal is reached. The Qatari mediation effort has been a central diplomatic channel; at 12:51, The Zioneer reported that Qatari mediators were en route to Tehran as the U.S. presented sweeping demands including allowing American teams to remove enriched uranium from underground facilities and limiting Iran's ballistic missile range. Earlier coverage from June 12 noted that a deal had been reportedly agreed at the foreign minister level but awaited the Supreme Leader's final approval, with an IRGC commander pushing back. The current confirmation, attributed to an official speaking to Qatari mediators and relayed by The Jerusalem Post, is the strongest on-record commitment from Tehran in this round, but the report comes from a single outlet and has not been independently corroborated. What remains open: whether the commitment is conditional on U.S. sanctions relief, whether the Supreme Leader has endorsed it, and whether it signals a formal interim agreement or a tactical diplomatic statement.
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