Bangladesh, May 20 -- Tensions over Irans nuclear ambitions have flared once again, as the United States reaffirmed an uncompromising stance on uranium enrichment in any future nuclear agreement. In a recent interview with ABC News, Steve Witkoff, the Trump administrations special envoy to the Middle East, declared that the United States would not accept a deal allowing Iran even minimal uranium enrichment – a position Tehran has swiftly condemned as detached from diplomatic reality.

“We cannot allow even 1% of an enrichment capability,” Witkoff said on May 18. “Enrichment enables weaponization. And we will not allow a bomb to get here.” His comments represent a clear escalation in rhetoric at a time when in...