Iran Sanctions: No Easing Until Uranium Stockpile Is Handed Over

This week, the US Treasury Secretary confirmed that the United States will not ease sanctions on Iran until Tehran consents to surrender its reserves of highly enriched uranium. The sanctions and ongoing conflict have inflicted significant harm on Iran's economy, leading to a drastic decline in oil exports and extensive damage to infrastructure. This stipulation creates a fundamental challenge: Iran requires economic relief to agree to a deal, yet the US is unwilling to grant relief without nuclear concessions that Iran has thus far been reluctant to make.