{"id":1546771,"date":"2025-07-13T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1546771"},"modified":"2025-07-13T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T16:45:00","slug":"putin-shifts-iran-stance-now-reportedly-supports-zero-enrichment-plan-backed-by-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/putin-shifts-iran-stance-now-reportedly-supports-zero-enrichment-plan-backed-by-us\/1546771\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Shifts Iran Stance? Now Reportedly Supports Zero Enrichment Plan Backed By US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Putin Shifts Iran Stance? Now Reportedly Supports Zero Enrichment Plan Backed By US<\/span><\/p>\n

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has told President\u00a0Trump\u00a0that he supports the idea of a nuclear deal in which\u00a0Iran\u00a0is unable to enrich uranium, according to US officials who spoke to Axios.<\/p>\n

However, amid reports saying that the same message has been conveyed to Tehran, Iran’s semi-official news agency Tasnim denied it, quoting an “informed source” as saying Putin had not sent any such messages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Russia has long advocated that Iran should have the right to enrich, so Putin signing off on this ‘zero enrichment’ US plan marks what could be a significant shift,<\/strong> and much tougher position. Presumably a scheme like this would involve an external power like Russia shipping in the enriched product needed for nuclear energy plants.<\/p>\n

Iranian state media, Politico<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In the wake of the 12-day Iran-Israel conflict, which ended with the US bombing three key Iranian nuclear facilities, Trump has declared as his red line that the Islamic Republic no longer enrich uranium.<\/p>\n

Moscow, which has long acted as a diplomatic go-between involving Iran and the US, appears to now side with this US position as a way forward<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Citing three European officials and one senior Israeli official familiar with the matter, the outlet reported that Moscow has encouraged Tehran to accept the \u201czero-enrichment” condition<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that this is what Putin told the Iranians,” a senior Israeli official was quoted as saying.<\/em><\/p>\n

But again, the Iranians appear to be denying this, based on current state media reports.<\/p>\n

The basic framework of ‘deals’ Washington has offered the Iranians is said to be that Tehran must abandon any all efforts for highly enriched uranium in return for\u00a0sanctions relief<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPutin supports the no-enrichment option. He encouraged the Iranians to move in this direction to facilitate dialogue with the U.S. But Tehran refused even to consider this possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013European official<\/a><\/p>\n

But the Iranians have also been demanding answers to the question of when and how these layers of sanctions will be removed by Washington.<\/p>\n

Iranian leaders also don’t trust the US, given a history of flip-flopping on key agreements like the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal, which Trump pulled out of in 2018, during his first term.<\/p>\n

Tehran is expected to reject taking enrichment down to zero, considering it sees as a matter of national sovereignty, but may agree to impose limits on enrichment and a monitoring regimen – though it just reportedly kicked UN IAEA inspectors out of the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 07\/13\/2025 – 08:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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