US offered Iran a joint civil nuclear programme: White House

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt has spelled out what she says were the offers made by Trump’s negotiators to Iran, before the US decided to attack the country.

She claimed that the US had engaged in “good faith negotiations” with Iran — and that Tehran had not. That assertion is belied by revelations by Oman’s foreign minister, who was mediating the talks, and according to whom the US attacks on Iran came at a time when Tehran had agreed to unprecedented concessions relating to its nuclear programme.

According to Leavitt, Iran rejected all of the US proposals, which she summarised as:

• US negotiators offered to lift crippling sanctions on Iran
• They offered that the US would provide nuclear fuel to Iran for peaceful purposes
• They proposed a joint civil nuclear programme, with American investment
• In return, Iran would need to permanently dismantle its enrichment infrastructure.

“They refused to say yes to peace,” Leavitt said. “And now they are reaping the consequences of that.”