White House says Trump’s ‘red line’ against Iran’s nuclear enrichment remains | US-Israel war against Iran News

The White House said the United States continues to reject any uranium enrichment inside Iran, reiterating that US President Donald Trump has not agreed to a “wish list” submitted by Tehran.

Trump’s spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, suggested on Wednesday that the 10-point proposal put forward by Iran was the basis. for a truce in the US-Israel war against Iran differs from the proposal published by the government in Tehran.

That plan said the US would accept Iran’s right to enrich uranium as well as sanctions relief and a permanent end to attacks on Iran.

“The president’s red lines, specifically the end of Iran’s enrichment in Iran, have not changed,” Leavitt said.

Domestic uranium enrichment has been a major sticking point in previous talks between Tehran and Washington.

While Iran says it is not seeking nuclear weapons, it insists on enriching its own uranium as a national right.

However, the Trump administration has pushed for a complete dismantling of the Iranian nuclear program.

After more than 38 days of warWashington and Tehran have announced a two-week ceasefire that will see the US halt its attacks and Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz, whose closure at the start of the conflict sent energy prices soaring.

Leavitt said Iran’s initial 10-point proposal was “literally trashed” by Trump’s team, but Tehran later presented a revised plan.

“The idea that President Trump would ever accept an Iran wish list as a deal is completely absurd,” she said.

“The president will only make an agreement that serves the best interests of the United States of America.”

Trump said late Tuesday that the Iranian proposal was a “workable basis on which to negotiate.”

Leavitt said Trump and his aides would focus on talks with Iran over the next two weeks “as long as the Strait of Hormuz remains open without restrictions or delays.”

She confirmed that the first round of negotiations will take place on Saturday in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, and the US team will be led by Vice President. JD VanceSpecial Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

But later Wednesday, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, cast doubt on the fate of the talks.

He said the US and Israel had already violated the ceasefire by continuing the war in Lebanonfailing to stop their drones from entering Iranian airspace and denying Tehran’s right to uranium enrichment.

“Now the very ‘workable basis on which to negotiate’ has been openly and clearly violated, even before the negotiations have started. In such (a) situation, a bilateral ceasefire or negotiations are unreasonable,” Ghalibaf wrote on X.

In turn, Leavitt echo the pentagon in claiming victory against Iran, which also said it had won the war.

“Their navy, their missiles, their defense industrial base, and their desire and their plan to build a nuclear bomb in their country is no longer going to be allowed, can no longer happen, thanks to the remarkable success of Operation Epic Fury,” the White House declared.

The Trump administration says US and Israeli strikes have all but destroyed Iranian military capabilities, although Iran has continued to fire missiles and drones at Israel and across the region throughout the conflict.

Washington argued that the main reason for the war was to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, but Trump repeatedly said eight months before the attack that June 2025 US strikes “wiped out” Iran’s nuclear program.