U.S. Proposes Limited Uranium Enrichment to Iran, Contradicting Official Statements

On June 2, local time, two informed sources revealed that the United States had proposed a nuclear agreement to Iran on May 31, allowing Iran to conduct limited low-enriched uranium enrichment for an unspecified period. This contradicts the public statements of high-ranking U.S. officials, who had previously stated that the United States would not allow Iran to conduct uranium enrichment and would demand that Iran completely dismantle its nuclear facilities. The two sides have been at a stalemate on the issue of uranium enrichment.

U.S. President Trump has also been inconsistent in his stance on Iran's nuclear issue. On the same day, he stated that "Iran's enrichment facilities should either be well blown up or completely blown up," and then said that it had not yet been decided whether to allow Iran to conduct uranium enrichment in a new nuclear agreement.

Later that day, Trump took to social media to clarify that under a potential agreement, the United States would not allow Iran to conduct any uranium enrichment. This statement came after reports that the U.S. had proposed allowing Iran to retain uranium enrichment activities.

On May 28, local time, Trump stated that a nuclear agreement between the U.S. and Iran could be reached "in the coming weeks." On May 31, White House Press Secretary Levi stated that U.S. Middle East envoy Whitaker had submitted a "detailed and acceptable nuclear agreement proposal" to Iran. On June 2, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei stated that Iran's negotiating team had submitted the first formal text to the U.S. side.

From April 12 to May 23, Iran and the United States conducted five rounds of indirect talks on Iran's nuclear issue, with significant disagreements remaining on core issues such as uranium enrichment. Iran has repeatedly stated that it must retain the right to uranium enrichment and will not compromise on this issue.