US pitched Iran on 20-year uranium enrichment ‘pause’ during Pakistan talks

US pitched Iran on 20-year uranium enrichment ‘pause’ during Pakistan talks


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WASHINGTON — The US asked Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program for at least two decades during weekend cease-fire negotiations in Pakistan, a source familiar with the talks told The Post Monday.

“The United States suggested 20 years at a minimum with all kinds of other restrictions,” said the person, apparently indicating that the White House had budged on what President Trump had previously described as a red line for his administration.

The US offer was first reported by Axios.

Various centrifuge machines at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility in Iran seen on April 11. AP
JD Vance, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Iran’s parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on a panel discussing US-Iran peace talks. BILAWAL ARBAB/EPA/Shutterstock

Discussions led by US Vice President JD Vance broke up in Islamabad after 21 hours with no agreement announced — though President Trump claimed Monday that Tehran was ready to

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