White House says Trump’s ‘red line’ against Iran nuclear enrichment remains
Trump’s spokesperson says Vice President JD Vance will lead US team for negotiations with Iran in Pakistan on Saturday. The White House has said that the United States continues to reject any uranium enrichment inside Iran, reiterating that US President Donald Trump did not agree to a “wish list” submitted by Tehran. Trump’s spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, suggested on Wednesday that the 10-point proposal put forward by Iran as the basis for a ceasefire in the US-Israel war on Iran differs from the proposal published by the government in Tehran. That plan said the US would accept Iran’s right to enrich uranium as well as sanctions relief and a permanent end to the attacks on Iran. “The president’s red lines, namely the end of Iranian enrichment in Iran, have not changed,” Leavitt said. Domestic uranium enrichment has been a major sticking point in previous talks between Tehran and Washington. While Iran says it is not seeking nuclear weapons, it insists on enriching its own urani...