According to The New York Times, during peace talks in Pakistan on the weekend, the US asked Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment for 20 years.
Iran sent a formal response to the US yesterday, refusing the offer. However, it said it would agree to suspend uranium enrichment for up to five years, according to two senior Iranian officials and one US official.
The US official said Trump rejected the five-year offer.
The official also said the US asked Iran to remove highly enriched uranium from the country entirely. Iranians insisted the fuel stay inside Iran, but they offered to dilute it significantly so it could not be used to produce a nuclear weapon.
This would not stop them from re-enriching the fuel to bomb-grade in the future.
While there are discussions about another round of in-person negotiations, officials said no plans had been finalised yet.
Bloomberg reported that sources, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations, said the goal was to hold fresh talks before a two-week ceasefire announced on April 7 expires next week. One idea was to return to Islamabad for a second round, though other venues have also been discussed, they said.
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