A senior White House official told Israel Hayom that the emerging nuclear deal with Iran would see enriched uranium destroyed, that Tehran would not be allowed to finance terror, and put the probability of signing at 85%. The official's remarks mark one of the most detailed on-record previews of the agreement's terms from the U.S. side.
A senior White House official provided the most explicit on-record preview yet of the terms of the emerging U.S.-Iran nuclear deal in an interview with Israel Hayom on Wednesday evening. The official stated that enriched uranium 'will be destroyed,' that Iran will not be permitted to finance terrorist activities, and estimated the probability of signing at 85 percent.
As The Zioneer previously reported, President Donald Trump said on June 11 that agreement had been reached on the enriched uranium, describing it as 'buried under a mountain, no one goes near it.' Other U.S. officials had told Reuters that Washington would accept diluted enriched uranium remaining in Iran under a supervision regime. The new interview with Israel Hayom marks a harder public line, explicitly demanding destruction rather than dilution.
The White House official's 85% estimate is notably higher than the cautious language used in earlier briefings, where officials declined to call the deal certain. The terms described — destruction of enriched material and a prohibition on terror financing — align with the public demands outlined by Trump earlier this week.
It remains unclear whether the Iranian side has agreed to these terms, and whether the IRGC's hardline faction, previously assessed as a key obstacle, will accept them.
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