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U.S. Envoy Says Iran Must Halt Nuclear Enrichment

(Wall Street Journal) Michael R. Gordon - U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff wrote on X on Tuesday, "A deal with Iran will only be completed if it is a Trump deal. Iran must stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program. They don't need to enrich past 3.67%. This is going to be much about verification on the enrichment program and then ultimately verification on weaponization." Witkoff told Fox News on Monday that verification measures should cover "the type of missiles that they have stockpiled there, and it includes the trigger for a bomb." "Israel can't live with Iran on the threshold, but the U.S. can. That is the major difference," said Yoel Guzansky, a senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. President Trump has indicated that he strongly prefers a diplomatic solution to military action. But he has continued to threaten harsh consequences for Tehran if it doesn't agree to a new nuclear deal swiftly. "It's really simple," Trump said on Monday. "They can't have a nuclear weapon, and they've got to go fast, because they're fairly close to having one, and they are not going to have one." Asked if that includes the possibility of a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, he replied, "Of course it does."
2025-04-17 00:00:00
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