Ex-US officials say past fuel plan could break Iran enrichment deadlock – WSJ

Former Western officials say a past proposal could help bridge the gap between the United States and Iran over uranium enrichment, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

The plan, discussed in earlier negotiations before the 2015 nuclear deal, would have Iran stop enriching uranium but gain the ability to fabricate nuclear fuel for civilian reactors using imported enriched uranium.

“That is a capability it doesn’t currently have and would allow Tehran to argue it was still carrying out a key part of its nuclear work at home,” WSJ reported, “but it would prevent it gathering the fissile material needed for a nuclear bomb.”