Iran Deal: Draft Says Iran Won’t Produce or Acquire Nukes, Will Dilute Uranium Stockpile

A final draft of the deal between the US and Iran contains provisions that Iran won’t produce or acquire nuclear weapons and will dilute its existing uranium stockpile.

A senior Iranian official spoke to Reuters and confirmed a set of provisions that include the following:

• Iran immediately reopens the Strait of Hormuz to all commercial vessels, while the US lifts its naval blockade on Iranian ports
• The US agrees not to impose any new sanctions on Iran until a final deal is reached
• The US will waive oil sanctions on Iran for a specified period, allowing Tehran to sell oil and receive revenue
• The US agrees to release $25 billion of Iran’s frozen assets, including via direct cash transfers, cooperation among regional countries, and financial credit lines
• Tehran agrees that it will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons
• Tehran agrees to maintain the nuclear status quo until a final deal is reached, including by not enriching uranium and not expanding nuclear facilities
• The US agrees Tehran will dilute its highly enriched uranium stockpile inside Iran, with a mechanism for doing so to be discussed within 60 days

A notable omission from the provisions is any mention of Lebanon and the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah, which had previously been a sticking-point for negotiations, with Iran saying peace with the US could only be concluded after a ceasefire in Lebanon.

The details provided by the Iranian official match President Trump’s claims in a Truth Social post last night.

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said his deal with Iran is the opposite of President Obama’s, which he called an “easy, beautiful, smooth road to a Nuclear Weapon, which Iran would have had six years ago, and would have used long before now.”

“Barack Hussein Obama’s Deal with Iran, the JCPOA, was an easy, beautiful, smooth road to a Nuclear Weapon, which Iran would have had six years ago, and would have used long before now,” Trump wrote.

“My Agreement with Iran is the exact opposite, A WALL TO NO NUCLEAR WEAPON! In fact, they no longer want a Nuclear Weapon, nor will they have one, either through purchase, development, or any other form of procurement.”

He continued by noting that if the deal is signed today, the Strait of Hormuz will be “OPEN TO ALL.”

He also said that his relationship with Iran is different from that of the Obama administration, and “no money will exchange hands.”

The US, “at the appropriate time, when all is calm,” will “go in and get the Nuclear Dust, buried deep under the powerful sunken granite mountains, thanks to our beautiful B-2 Bombers and their brilliant pilots, and downblend and destroy it, whether in Iran, or the United States.”

He ended his post by saying he looks forward to “working with Iran, and the entire Middle East, long into the future,” and that he hoped “never” to have to resort again to military force against Iran.