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Iran proposes to reduce the level of uranium enrichment from 60% to 20%, but only if the United Kingdom and the European Union abandon the UN sanctions plan of 'instant action'.
This was reported by The Telegraph, citing senior Iranian officials involved in the ongoing negotiations. Tehran wants to avoid a new round of military action from Israel or the US and to contain a new wave of economic pressure that could collapse its already fragile economy.
Ali Larijani, the 68-year-old head of security, recently reappointed by President Masoud Pezeshkian, is leading a campaign to persuade Iran's leading figures of the necessity for de-escalation. The proposed reduction in enrichment to 20% is still significantly above the limit of 3.67% set by the 2015 nuclear agreement.
But it is lower than it is now, and it is done to keep the door open for negotiations, rather than to slam it shut with a new war. Larijani is caught in the same political fire he faced in 2005 when the International Atomic Energy Agency referred Iran's case to the UN just months after he took up this same position.
The plan is not guaranteed. Larijani wants the rollback to occur before the expiry of the return clause in October 2025. After that, France, the UK, and Germany will not be able to act without a full UN vote. This means that Russia or China could intervene and block sanctions.
However, they can now unilaterally accuse Iran of violating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and reimpose sanctions lifted ten years ago.
A senior official close to the negotiations told The Telegraph: 'Larijani is trying to persuade the system to reduce the level of enrichment to avoid a new war.' He added: 'He is concerned that without a reduction in the level of enrichment or meeting some of the West's demands, the system will face a new serious challenge.'
However, Larijani faces strong resistance from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which still wants to maintain high enrichment rates and views any reduction as a concession to the West. Nevertheless, the leadership under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seems to lean towards cooperation, at least temporarily.
Pezeshkian returned Larijani to the same position in the Ministry of National Security that he held from 2005 to 2007, hoping that he could negotiate with Western powers again. But even with Larijani's return, the same three European countries now threaten to return Iran's nuclear dossier to the UN Security Council if progress stalls.
The entire process resembles walking a tightrope, and Larijani is being pulled from both sides.
The political divide within Iran is evident. Reformists insist on a complete suspension of enrichment in exchange for the lifting of US sanctions and a change in domestic policy. Hardliners call them traitors. They accuse reformists of supporting the enemies of the Islamic Republic.
One of the loudest critical assessments came from Iranian security forces. The deputy political leader of the IRGC, Aziz Ghazanfari, wrote on the Bassirat website that 'foreign policy is not the place to lay out all the realities' and warned that 'the danger of careless statements by senior officials primarily falls on their own governments.'
Khamenei has appeared in public only twice since the Israeli military struck Iranian targets in June, and he has not been seen for several weeks now, raising concerns about which direction the country's leadership is leaning and whether it will support Larijani or yield to the hardline position of the IRGC.
At the same time, Iran's Ministry of Defense has begun a new round of ballistic missile launch exercises. The 2015 nuclear agreement restored Iran's access to global trade after years of isolation. This was accompanied by a promise to limit uranium enrichment to a level significantly below that needed for weapon production. Now Iran is approaching those red lines again, and Europe is running out of patience.
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