Report: Draft of new Iran deal would cap uranium enrichment at 5% in first step

A draft deal of the agreement between the US and Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal does not include the US waiving sanctions on oil in the first step, according to Reuters.

The report claims that the deal lays out several rounds of mutual steps aimed at bringing both the US and Iran back into compliance with the original deal. According to Reuters, most of the terms are already agreed upon but “thorny issues” remain.

The 20-page draft text begins with Iran suspending enrichment above 5% purity, Reuters says according to three diplomats. In later stages of the agreement, Iran is supposed to return to the 3.67% cap on enrichment purity originally set in 2015.

The agreement also reportedly includes the release of Western prisoners held in Iran.