LEAKED PROPOSAL SHOWS US READY TO HAND IRAN ENRICHMENT RIGHTS AND BILLIONS IN CASH
An Iranian journalist close to the regime claims he has the latest American offer to Tehran. Ali Gholhak says the proposal would let Iran keep uranium enrichment at 3.67 percent on its own soil, dilute its 400 kilograms of 60 percent material inside the country, free $6 to $10 billion in frozen assets, lift the US naval blockade, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz after Iran ends its role in the Saudi-Yemen fighting and lets IAEA inspectors back in.
These terms track earlier leaks from the same source and from Qatari-mediated drafts. Washington has spent months demanding zero enrichment and the removal of the high-enriched stockpile. The reported package drops both demands. It also trades cash and blockade relief for vague Iranian promises on Yemen and a temporary reopening of shipping lanes Iran itself has threatened.
Gholhak has called similar offers a clear American retreat after 18 months of harder lines. Iranian replies on the original post dismissed the package as a waste of time unless it also forces Israel out of southern Lebanon. US officials have not confirmed the text. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said days ago that some Iranian demands remain outrageous and that no breakthrough is near.
The 60 percent stockpile is the core problem. Material already at that level can be pushed to weapons grade in days, not months. Allowing any domestic enrichment, even at 3.67 percent, recreates the basic architecture of the 2015 deal that left Iran with a latent nuclear option. Releasing billions while the regime still funds proxies and refuses full transparency hands Tehran both money and time.
If the leak is accurate, the offer looks like classic process diplomacy: technical concessions and cash first, verification later, and regional behavior left to vague language. Iran has used every prior pause to expand capacity. The Strait reopening is not a gift to the West; it is a lever Tehran controls and can close again the moment the money arrives. Hardline sources inside Iran are already framing the package as proof that pressure works in their favor.