Officials: Iran nuke talks solving some issues, not others
The officials in Lausanne said the sides were advancing on limits to aspects of Iran’s uranium enrichment program, which can be used to make the core of a nuclear warhead.
Tehran is ready to ship to Russia all the enriched uranium it produces, the officials said, describing a change from previous demands that Iran be permitted to keep a small amount in stock.
One official cautioned that Iran previously had agreed to this, only to change its mind. Also, Iran’s official IRNA news agency on Sunday cited an unidentified Iranian negotiator as denying such an agreement had been reached.
Uranium enrichment has been the chief concern in over more than a decade of international attempts to cap Iran’s nuclear programs.
Over the past weeks, Iran has moved from demanding that it be allowed to keep nearly 10,000 centrifuges enriching uranium, to agreeing to 6,000.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the talks, said Tehran now may be ready to accept even fewer.
Tehran says it wants to enrich only for energy, science, industry and medicine. But many countries fear Iran could use the technology to make weapons-grade uranium.
From Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu renewed strong criticism of what he brands a bad deal. He is at the forefront of accusations that Iran helped the recent Shiite rebel advance in Yemen, and Netanyahu linked Iran’s alleged proxy grab for influence in the Middle East with what he sees as victory by Tehran at the negotiations in the Swiss city of Lausanne.
“The Iran-Lausanne-Yemen axis is very dangerous for humanity and must be stopped,” he said.
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