Headlines have crossed from an NBC interview with Ali Shamkhani, who is a top advisor to Iran's Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The interview focusses on a potential US-Iran nuclear deal, which would include lowered sanctions on Iran. See this link for more details.
- NBC notes: "...He said Iran would commit to never making nuclear weapons, getting rid of its stockpiles of highly-enriched Uranium which can be weaponized, agree to only enrich Uranium to the lower levels needed for civilian use, and allow international inspectors to supervise the process, in exchange for the immediate lifting of all economic sanctions on Iran."
- "Shamkhani sat down with NBC News just hours after Trump offered Iran “an olive branch” that was combined with threats crippling economic sanctions should Iran not an accept an agreement to limit the country’s nuclear program."
- NBC adds: "The U.S. and Iran have been holding talks over Tehran’s nuclear program for weeks, with Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, calling the last round in Muscat, the capital of Oman, “encouraging.”