Vance demands Iran curb uranium enrichment to secure deal

 US Vice President JD Vance says Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its uranium enrichment capacity as part of any agreement to end the war with the United States.

“If you don’t want a nuclear weapon, then why do you need 60% enriched fuel?” Vance told Reuters.

“If you want to show commitment to not building a nuclear weapon, don’t build highly enriched fuel. That’s a very basic threshold issue,” he said.

Vance added: “I think if they want to show a commitment to not building a nuclear weapon, they would do something meaningful on their enrichment capacity.”

He said Washington remained open to an agreement but would require concrete steps from Tehran, adding: “We’re not going to trade words for actions.”