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The report reveals that the details of the American-Iranian nuclear negotiations authorize a limited enrichment

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A report of Axios said the United States planned to allow Iran to pursue a limited low-level uranium enrichment on its soil for an unpertified period of time.

On Saturday, the Trump administration presented its first official proposal to Tehran in order to sign a nuclear agreement with the country, but did not share any details of the publicly proposed agreement. “President Trump clearly said that Iran can never get a nuclear bomb,” said press secretary Karoline Leavitt during the weekend. “The special Witkoff envoy sent a detailed and acceptable proposal to the Iranian regime, and it is in their interest to accept it.”

The report, of Axios, cited two familiar sources with the current negotiations of the Trump administration with Iran. The White House did not deny the details of the Axios reports when Fox News Digital contacted the confirmation.

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Instead, a White House official responded with a statement calling for the terms of the “very difficult” agreement and insisted that the terms of the agreement prevents Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Trump and Ayatollah Khamenei examining Iranian centrifugal (Reuters)

“President Trump says the cold and hard truth. The terms we have given to Iran were very difficult and prevent them from obtaining a nuclear bomb,” said the official.

The media reports on Monday that Iranian officials planned to reject the agreement proposed by the United States. The new details reported by Axios could be used to appease some of the concerns of the Iranians, but could also anger certain Republicans, as well as the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who all expressed that they only wanted zero nuclear enrichments within the framework of the agreement – in addition to the complete dismantling of the Iranian nuclear program.

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President Donald Trump meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House Oval Office on Monday March 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP photo / Evan VUCCI)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the left, revealed that last week's documents which, according to him, said that Tehran was “to lie cheramely” on his nuclear program. (AP)

Axios said that the details of the proposal described to them indicate that Iran would not be authorized to build other new enrichment facilities, must “dismantle critical infrastructure for the conversion and treatment of uranium” and would be forced to stop any new research and development on nuclear centrifuges. However, according to the details of the proposal reported by Axios, Iran will be authorized to participate in a regional enrichment consortium under certain conditions.

For example, Iran will only be able to develop domestic enrichment capacities only in civilian purposes, according to Axios. Meanwhile, after having signed the agreement, Iran would be forced to reduce its concentration of enrichment to 3% and close all the underground enrichment facilities for a period contained by both parties.

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This photo published on November 5, 2019 by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in the enrichment installation of Uranium in the center of Iran. (Iran's atomic energy organization via AP, file) (Iran's atomic energy organization via AP, file)

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The new proposal also aims to develop audit and surveillance mechanisms to ensure that Iran follows the rules of the agreement.

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