Overview
- Steve Witkoff recounted that Iranian negotiators said they controlled 460 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%, which they acknowledged could yield 11 nuclear bombs.
- He said the 60% stockpile could be boosted to weapons-grade in roughly a week to 10 days, and 20% material could reach weapons-grade in three to four weeks.
- Witkoff described a total of about 10,000 kilograms of fissile material, including roughly 1,000 kilograms at 20% enrichment and the rest at 3.67%, and said Iran manufactures its own centrifuges and had evaded oversight.
- According to Witkoff, the U.S. proposed ten years of zero enrichment with Washington supplying reactor fuel, but Iran rejected the offer after asserting an 'inalienable right' to enrich.
- He and Jared Kushner held three Oman-mediated rounds from Feb. 6 through a final session in Geneva on Feb. 26, and officials now cite his account to explain the shift to sanctions and Operation Epic Fury.