"These may be killer amendments for the West since they would pre-empt any depletion of Iran's LEU stash below the threshold needed for a bomb, were it refined to 90 percent purity. Moreover, current U.N. sanctions ban trade with Iran in sensitive nuclear materials, which include enriched uranium. ... Iranian leaders argue that to part with the bulk of LEU stocks would deprive Iran of its strongest bargaining chip in talks with the West it sees as bent on stifling its right to diversified energy and regional power status in the Middle East."
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