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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Iran-US war latest: Vance says one ‘basic’ step could end Iran’s nuclear threat as Houthis strike more airports

Yemeni fighters firing a weapon mounted on a pickup truck during clashes with the Iran-backed Houthi group in Dhobab district, Taiz, Yemen - (AP)

US vice president JD Vance said that Iran ​must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity for the US to end its months-long war, as Washington was unsure how ‌Tehran makes decisions in negotiations.

Vance, who has taken a leading role for the US side in peace talks, asked: "If you don't want a nuclear weapon, then why ​do you need 60 per cent enriched fuel? And if you want to show commitment to not building a nuclear weapon, don't build highly enriched ⁠fuel. That's a very basic threshold issue.”

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