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Iranian negotiators reportedly are skeptical about reaching an agreement with the current US administration under former President Trump’s stringent demands for Iran to cease all uranium enrichment activities. Iran’s leadership, which has accelerated its nuclear program in recent years—enriching uranium to 60%, far above civilian needs and nearing weapons-grade levels—continues to demand a more relaxed approach. Specifically, Iran seeks to maintain some domestic uranium enrichment at lower levels, claiming civilian purposes, while Washington insists Iran must fully abandon enrichment, a red line reiterated publicly by US officials.