U.S. Considering Sanctions Relief for Iran Nuclear Stockpile

A senior White House official said today that the United States is willing to relieve some sanctions on Iran in return for that country turning over its stockpile of enriched uranium.

The official downplayed reports that the deal ending the war between the United States and Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran could be signed on Sunday, saying Tehran's system "does not move fast enough."

"Our plan is to deal with all of their stockpile of the enriched material," the official said. "We see the Iranians making some serious accommodations on these questions that we didn't see before."

"If the Iranians make significant accommodations on the enrichment question then we will make significant accommodations on sanctions relief," the official continued.

"Even in the IRGC's own propaganda, they did not talk about tolling the Strait of Hormuz. Our position is quite clear. We don't think that a toll is an acceptable outcome," the official added.