Overview
- Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who testified Wednesday, said Iran is a small number of weeks from enriching uranium to weapons-grade, though weaponization would still take months.
- An Iranian parliament spokesperson, Ebrahim Rezaei, posted Tuesday that lawmakers could consider 90% enrichment if the U.S. or Israel attacks again, in what reporting notes is hard-line rhetoric rather than formal policy.
- The fragile ceasefire looks weaker following Tuesday's remark by President Donald Trump that the truce is on “life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest proposal.
- Iran already holds several hundred kilograms of 60% enriched uranium, with an IAEA-cited figure of about 440.9 kg, and moving from 60% to 90% requires relatively little additional processing.
- U.S. officials have warned that any move toward 90% enrichment would likely trigger renewed strikes, a step that could threaten shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and add pressure to global energy prices.