According to an Axios report cited by Israeli media, the US-Iran memorandum of understanding includes a framework for handling Iran's enriched uranium stockpile, but any practical steps on the nuclear program are conditional on reaching a more detailed second agreement within at least two months. A US official told Axios that President Trump agreed that one option for resolving the stockpile would be diluting the high-enriched uranium inside Iran under UN supervision.
Israeli media cite an Axios report detailing the emerging US-Iran nuclear framework, which addresses the fate of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile but defers all operational steps to a second, more comprehensive agreement expected no sooner than two months.
The report indicates that under the memorandum, Iran would commit not to pursue a nuclear weapon and to resolve the crisis around its enriched uranium inventory. A senior US official stated that President Trump agreed that diluting the high-enriched uranium inside Iran under UN inspectors' supervision is a viable option — an approach that keeps the material on Iranian soil, a longstanding Iranian demand.
As The Zioneer reported overnight (00:07 Jerusalem), the MOU draft includes a 60-day ceasefire and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, with the Supreme Leader's ratification still pending. Earlier this week (Jun 11, 23:09), President Trump described a deal on enriched uranium as 'buried under a mountain, no one goes near it.' The new Axios details add precision: the first-stage memorandum functions as a political framework, with the hard technical trade-offs — enrichment capacity, dismantlement, and long-term monitoring — reserved for later negotiations. A US official noted that no practical steps will be taken on the nuclear file until that second-stage deal is reached.
What remains unconfirmed is whether the Supreme Leader's office has approved even this first-stage framework, and whether the two-month timeline for a detailed agreement is achievable given the complexity of verifying and monitoring any in-country dilution process.
2 developments
- DevelopingIsraeli analysis: Iran nuclear talks postponed, enrichment unresolved
- StrongIran refuses to reverse Hormuz Strait policy, won't commit to deal even in second phase
- ConfirmedU.S. and Iran reportedly near agreement on nuclear freeze, sanctions relief, and Strait of Hormuz reopening
- DevelopingSenior Iranian official tells Reuters Tehran will keep nuclear status quo until final deal
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