ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that Tehran will soon submit its counter-proposal for a nuclear deal with the United States, criticizing Washington’s proposal as “lacking characteristics of an active and bilateral negotiation."
“We will soon present our proposed plan to the other side [US] through Oman after it is finalized. This plan is reasonable, logical, and balanced, and we recommend that the American side seize this opportunity and seriously consider it, because accepting this plan will be in the interest of America,” ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said during a weekly presser, as cited by the state-owned IRNA news agency.
He described Washington’s proposal as “lacking the characteristics of an active and bilateral negotiation,” highlighting that it should be based on a “negotiation process.”
“This proposal was not the result of four or five previous rounds of negotiations,” he said, without disclosing further details.
In early June, White House confirmed that the US had sent Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying it was in Tehran’s “best interest to accept” the “detailed and acceptable” proposal, emphasizing that “President [Donald] Trump has made it clear that Iran can never obtain a nuclear bomb.”
Baghaei stressed that any plan that fails to acknowledge Iran’s peaceful nuclear energy program and does not include the lifting of what he described as “oppressive sanctions” is unacceptable.
Iran is engaged in talks with the US about its nuclear program. The indirect, Oman-mediated negotiations began in April.
A key roadblock in the revived talks is the issue of uranium enrichment. While US negotiators are pushing for zero enrichment, Tehran maintains that this is a nonstarter.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Trump said that “under our potential Agreement - WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM!”
A day later, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei doubled down on his rejection of Washington’s precondition. He accused the US of trying to obstruct Tehran’s nuclear development and declared, “They can't do a damn thing about it.”
In late May, Iran condemned a report from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog as relying on “unreliable and misleading information” from arch-foe Israel and repeating “biased and baseless accusations.”
The nuclear talks mark the most significant engagement since 2018, when Trump, during his first term in office, withdrew Washington from the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. Under that deal, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. Following the US withdrawal and reimposition of sweeping sanctions, Tehran gradually reduced its compliance.
“We will soon present our proposed plan to the other side [US] through Oman after it is finalized. This plan is reasonable, logical, and balanced, and we recommend that the American side seize this opportunity and seriously consider it, because accepting this plan will be in the interest of America,” ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said during a weekly presser, as cited by the state-owned IRNA news agency.
He described Washington’s proposal as “lacking the characteristics of an active and bilateral negotiation,” highlighting that it should be based on a “negotiation process.”
“This proposal was not the result of four or five previous rounds of negotiations,” he said, without disclosing further details.
In early June, White House confirmed that the US had sent Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying it was in Tehran’s “best interest to accept” the “detailed and acceptable” proposal, emphasizing that “President [Donald] Trump has made it clear that Iran can never obtain a nuclear bomb.”
Baghaei stressed that any plan that fails to acknowledge Iran’s peaceful nuclear energy program and does not include the lifting of what he described as “oppressive sanctions” is unacceptable.
Iran is engaged in talks with the US about its nuclear program. The indirect, Oman-mediated negotiations began in April.
A key roadblock in the revived talks is the issue of uranium enrichment. While US negotiators are pushing for zero enrichment, Tehran maintains that this is a nonstarter.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Trump said that “under our potential Agreement - WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM!”
A day later, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei doubled down on his rejection of Washington’s precondition. He accused the US of trying to obstruct Tehran’s nuclear development and declared, “They can't do a damn thing about it.”
In late May, Iran condemned a report from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog as relying on “unreliable and misleading information” from arch-foe Israel and repeating “biased and baseless accusations.”
The nuclear talks mark the most significant engagement since 2018, when Trump, during his first term in office, withdrew Washington from the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. Under that deal, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. Following the US withdrawal and reimposition of sweeping sanctions, Tehran gradually reduced its compliance.
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