Iran denied agreeing to give up any enriched uranium in a US ceasefire deal, after a source told on Sunday morning that Iran had not accepted any action on the nuclear issue. The same source said the nuclear issue was not part of the preliminary agreement, even as a separate report said Iran had expressed willingness to give up a certain amount of its stockpile.
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The dispute lands at the center of a Memorandum of Understanding that would start a 60-day ceasefire extension and open a two-month period for further talks. Issues relating to Iran’s nuclear capabilities and enriched uranium stockpile would still be largely under negotiation, making the uranium question the sharpest divide inside the draft.
published that Iran expressed a willingness to give up a certain amount of its stockpile, a claim that directly clashes with Iran’s denial of any agreement to surrender enriched uranium. For readers tracking the talks, that gap matters because the draft appears to move forward on a ceasefire framework while the most sensitive nuclear terms remain unsettled.
Iran's Supreme National Council
If Iran’s supreme national council approves the Memorandum of Understanding, the document would be sent to Mojtaba Khamenei for final approval. That process leaves the draft inside Iran’s own approval chain before any broader deal can take effect, even as the text already sketches out a 60-day period for talks and possible extension.
The same draft, as reported by Axios, says the Strait of Hormuz would be open without tolls and that Iran would clear the mines it deployed there. In exchange, the United States would lift its blockade on Iranian ports and waive some sanctions it imposed, while the draft would allow Iran to sell oil freely.
Axios Draft Terms
Axios also reported that the memorandum would call for Iran to cease any pursuit of nuclear weapons, but a US official said the deal might not last the full 60 days if the United States believes Iran is not serious about the nuclear talks. That leaves the ceasefire tied to conduct during the two-month period, not just to signatures on paper.
Iranian media said the deal would include Washington waiving sanctions on Iranian oil and that both sides would agree not to attack each other or any allies. The draft also addresses the war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, and a US official told Axios it would not be a one-sided ceasefire, adding, "Hezbollah behaves, Israel will behave."
Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of Iran’s conservative Kayhan newspaper, attacked the Strait of Hormuz language, saying, "The Strait of Hormuz is part of Iran’s territorial waters, and we retain the legal right to collect transit fees from ships and vessels passing through our territorial waters." He also said, "The United States also collects fees at maritime chokepoints," and, "It is as if our sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, which is the country’s definite and legal right, does not exist."
The next step sits with Iran’s approval process and then with the parties deciding whether the ceasefire draft survives the nuclear dispute long enough to reach the 60-day window it was built to create.
