US sets new demands for Iran deal: What are they?

United States Vice President JD Vance has called for Iran to make a “meaningful” reduction in its uranium enrichment capacity as part of an agreement to end the war, a demand experts say may signal a softening of Washington’s earlier insistence that Tehran abandon enrichment altogether.His comments come amid hardline rhetoric from other senior US officials. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reiterated that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, while President Donald Trump has warned the war will end through either “the nice way or the not-so-nice way”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4What does a year-long ceasefire in Gaza look like?list 2 of 4France halts police use of stun grenades at student protestslist 3 of 4Three years of Israel’s war on Gaza as tent cities spread amid ruinslist 4 of 4Bulgaria ends search for missing crew after drone strike sinks cargo shipend of listOfficials in Tehran, meanwhile, have questioned whether Washington genuinely wants negotiations as the US-Israel war on Iran enters its eighth month.As both sides stake out their positions, Simon Mabon, a professor of international relations at Lancaster University, told Al Jazeera that the prospect of...