US Vice President JD Vance said Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity to reach an agreement with Washington and end the seven-month war.

Axar.az reports that, in an interview with Reuters, Vance said after a campaign trip in Alaska that any agreement would require Iran to reduce its nuclear enrichment capacity, rather than offer assurances of future nuclear drawdowns.

“If you don't want a nuclear weapon, then why do you need 60% 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,” Vance said.

"I think if they want to show a commitment to not building a nuclear weapon, they would do something meaningful on ​their enrichment capacity," he added.

Vance said the US remained open to an agreement but would require concrete Iranian nuclear concessions.

"We're not going to trade words for actions," Vance said.

A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Washington’s demands were at odds with Tehran’s position. The official said Iran’s recognition of its right to enrich uranium was a “red line” and that Tehran would not show flexibility on the issue.

"Vance's comments are Washington's ideas and requests. ... Americans are free to make requests and have ideas, but they are at ​odds with Iran's demands," said the senior Iranian official.

Israel, the US and other Western states have long accused Iran of seeking nuclear weapons, including pointing to its move to enrich uranium to 60%, far higher than ‌needed for civilian ⁠uses and closer to the 90% needed for a weapon. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons; Iranian authorities have said that Tehran could agree to dilute its most highly enriched uranium.