The sudden diplomatic breakthrough aimed at ending the military standoff in the Persian Gulf has hit a critical roadblock after a senior Iranian official explicitly rejected claims that Tehran has agreed to surrender its domestic stockpiles of highly enriched uranium. The pushback, according to Reuters, introduces a sharp narrative divide between Washington and Tehran just hours before both administrations are scheduled to formally announce a finalized Memorandum of Understanding to halt the six-week-old war.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Nuclear programs omitted from the truce According to the high-ranking Iranian government official, the preliminary text hammered out during frantic weekend backchannel negotiations does not encompass any structural restrictions or removal mandates concerning the regime’s nuclear enrichment capabilities. Tehran asserts that the current diplomatic instrument functions strictly as a localized security framework to separate combat forces and restore maritime trade, rather than a comprehensive, permanent non-proliferation treaty. “The nuclear issue will be considered in negotiations on a final agreement and therefore is not part of the current arrangement,” the Iranian official stated. “No agreement was reached regarding the removal of Iran’s highly enriched uranium from the country.” This operational boundary was corroborated by Iran’s state-aligned Tasnim news agency, which reported that significant friction points still litter the home stretch of the text. Iranian negotiators alleged that while a baseline framework is close to being realized, the final stabilization of the memorandum is being hindered by complex, last-minute structural obstacles introduced by American legal advisers.