what is the current issue in Iran?

Answer 1

The United Nations' 60-day deadline given to Iran to halt its sensitive nuclear activities has expired.

Iran remains defiant, insisting that it is exercising its "inalienable rights" to peaceful nuclear technology, wondering aloud why it is asked to deprive itself of aspects of the same technology fully enjoyed by others.

The United States and its European allies are now gearing up for a third Security Council resolution that could lead to sanctions in addition to those imposed in December.

On the diplomatic front, the Swiss proposal (submitted to Larijani in Bern last week as he was returning from a security conference in Munich) calls for full nuclear transparency, continued Iran-IAEA cooperation and the resumption of negotiations around the international incentive package presented to Iran last year by the so-called 5+1 (the UN Security Council's permanent five - the United Kingdom, China, France, Russia and the US - plus Germany). is a "dry enrichment" approach that stops the core function of centrifuges by injecting uranium hexafluoride into them. It would be the suspension of uranium enrichment without stopping centrifuge operations. The advantage of this option is that it provides a technical middle point where both sides in the nuclear crisis can converge. If adopted, it would mean that for the duration of any negotiations, Iran would refrain from enriching uranium while continuing with its pilot program and the busy chores of its scientists.

According to a semi-official Iranian website, Baztab.com, Iran has agreed in principle to the Swiss proposal and a key purpose of Larijani's European trip is to nail an agreement around it.