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US-Iran Tensions Rise Over Nuclear Negotiation Stalemate

12/24/2025

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At the United Nations Security Council on December 23, 2025, the United States voiced readiness to negotiate.
Iran rejected the terms, especially the demand for zero uranium enrichment.
Morgan Ortagus, the United States envoy, said any agreement must include the zero-enrichment condition.
Iran's United Nations Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said the United States was not negotiating fairly and urged Iran's rights under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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At the United Nations Security Council on December 23, 2025, the United States voiced readiness to negotiate.
Iran rejected the terms, especially the demand for zero uranium enrichment.
Morgan Ortagus, the United States envoy, said any agreement must include the zero-enrichment condition.
Iran's United Nations Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said the United States was not negotiating fairly and urged Iran's rights under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.