BREAKING: Tehran REFUSES Uranium Demand; U.S. Pushes Deal; Israel Keeps Strike Option | TBN Israel

While the US administration, through President Trump and Secretary Rubio, publicly claims an agreement with Iran is close and will include dismantling the nuclear program and removing enriched uranium, Iranian reports explicitly state they have not agreed to surrender their uranium stockpile and that the nuclear issue will only be discussed in a later stage. This fundamental disagreement on a critical point highlights a significant disconnect in public messaging.

Trump says that the agreement is almost closed... Rubio says very significant progress... From the Iranian side comes the opposite message on the critical point. Thran has not agreed to transfer its stockpile of enriched uranium out of the country and the nuclear issue will only be discussed later.

Israel views any agreement that allows Iran to retain enriched uranium as an existential threat. They are deeply concerned that a multi-stage agreement, which first eases sanctions and opens the Strait of Hormuz while delaying nuclear disarmament, provides Iran with critical time, money, and breathing room to continue enriching uranium, rebuild ballistic missile capabilities, and fund proxies, effectively strengthening the regime rather than dismantling its threats.

For Israel, the Iranian nuclear bomb is an existential threat. any type of enriched uranium that stays in the hands of the Iranians. Well, that's a problem... the fear now is that the negotiations are happening between the Trump White House and the Iranians without Israel being involved... The decision to draw it out is a mistake... While the ceasefire is in action or in effect, well, the Iranians go back to enriching uranium.

Iran has a history of evading sanctions and cheating on nuclear supervision. By pushing the nuclear issue to a later stage in negotiations, Iran aims to gain economic relief and stabilize its internal situation, then use the interim period to hide enriched materials, rebuild military capabilities, and continue funding proxies, making it harder for international agencies to track their activities later.

The Iranians are masters of avoiding and evading sanctions. They're masters of avoiding and cheating the supervisors of their nuclear program... In the end, the different entities, including the IAEA... came out and said, 'Look, we simply can't track what the Iranians are doing.'... The thing that needs to happen is... at the moment the agreement is signed... receive all the enriched uranium from the Iranians and that should be the end of the story.