US nuclear weapons expert says Iran’s Farsi version of its 10-point plan includes extra phrase demanding ‘the acceptance of Iran’s uranium enrichment’

President of the Institute for Science and International Security David Albright, left, accompanied by Former State Department Director of Policy Planning Jake Sullivan speaks during a hearing on Iran before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
President of the Institute for Science and International Security David Albright, left, accompanied by Former State Department Director of Policy Planning Jake Sullivan speaks during a hearing on Iran before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

In the developing dispute and confusion surrounding the ostensible 10-point Iranian proposal cited by US President Donald Trump yesterday as a workable basis for negotiation, US nuclear weapons expert David Albright highlights a critical difference between Iran’s published English version of the 10 points and what he says is Iran’s Farsi version.

Albright, the founder of the non-governmental Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), says that while the first point in the English version provides only for “A binding guarantee that the US and allies will not strike Iran again,” a key phrase is “tacked onto” that first point in the Farsi version: “namely the acceptance of Iran’s uranium enrichment.”

“So, Iran’s English version of its 10 point plan makes no mention of nuclear, but its Farsi version, likely approved by the leadership, reiterates the same unacceptable enrichment condition,” Albright underlines.

“These will be tough negotiations, made even harder by Iran’s other non-starter demands,” Albright predicts. “The ceasefire may only be a brief interlude between military conflicts.”

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