Zarif offers nuclear limits, Hormuz reopening
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- Mohammad Javad Zarif published a peace roadmap in Foreign Affairs that calls for nuclear limits, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and ending sanctions.
- Iran would blend its enriched uranium stockpile to keep enrichment below 3.67 percent and pledge never to seek nuclear weapons.
- International Atomic Energy Agency estimates Iran holds about 440 kg of uranium enriched to 60 percent.
- China is invited, along with Russia and the United States, to help create a regional fuel‑enrichment consortium with Iran and Gulf neighbours at West Asia’s sole enrichment facility.
- Anwar Gargash warned the plan ignores Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Gulf Arab states.
- Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani praised the plan’s “clever” approach but said it fails to address the erosion of trust caused by Iran’s attacks.
- President Donald Trump warned Iran it had 48 hours to cut a deal or face “all hell”, framing the urgency of Zarif’s proposal.
Why it matters: If accepted, the roadmap would lift sanctions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, restoring the flow of roughly 20 % of global oil and gas, but Gulf leaders argue the plan overlooks Iran’s attacks, meaning regional trust may remain eroded and the security benefits uncertain.
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