A new report said that one proposal to end the war with Iran would involve releasing $20 billion in frozen Iranian funds in exchange for its stock of enriched uranium.
The report came fromAxios, which framed the concept as part of multiple pieces of a proposed deal and cited sources it did not name.
The report noted that a Sunday negotiating session in Islamabad, Pakistan, is likely.
The Axios report said the $20 billion plan meets the U.S. need to ensure Iran will not use its stock of enriched uranium while also meeting Iran’s need for cash to meet internal needs.
Iran has about 2,000 kg of enriched uranium, including about 450 kg enriched to 60 percent purity. The uranium is buried underground after U.S. attacks last year.
Axios said that bargaining began when the U.S. offered to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian assets, while Iran wanted $27 billion.
A U.S. official called the plan “one of many discussions.”
One catch — the U.S. wanted Iran to hand over all nuclear material to be held in the U.S. But Iran wants to keep it inside its borders, while reducing its purity.
A compromise that would put the uranium in a third country is being discussed, Axios reported.
A “voluntary” moratorium on Iranian nuclear enrichment is in the current version of a deal, Axios reported, but the term of that moratorium remains undefined.
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