Another US aircraft carrier in Mideast waters ahead of second round of Iran-US nuclear talks
Vinson joins Truman as second carrier in Mideast
Satellite photos taken Monday by the European Union's Copernicus program showed the Vinson, which is based out of San Diego, California, operating northeast of Socotra, an island off Yemen that sits near the mouth of the Gulf of Aden.
The Vinson is accompanied by the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Princeton and two Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, the USS Sterett and the USS William P Lawrence.
The US ordered the Vinson to the Mideast to back up the USS Harry S Truman, which has been launching airstrikes against the Houthis since the American campaign started March 15. Footage released by the Navy showed the Vinson preparing ordinance and launching F-35 and F/A-18 fighter jets off its deck in recent days.
The US Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, which oversees the Mideast, declined to discuss details of the Vinson's operations.
Witkoff suggests 3.67% uranium enrichment for Iran
Meanwhile, Witkoff offered for the first time a specific enrichment level he'd like to see for Iran's nuclear program.
Today, Tehran enriches uranium to up to 60%—a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%.
"They do not need to enrich past 3.67%," Witkoff told Fox News.
"In some circumstances, they're at 60%, in other circumstances, 20%. That cannot be. And you do not need to run, as they claim, a civil nuclear program where you're enriching past 3.67%. So this is going to be much about verification on the enrichment program, and then ultimately verification on weaponization."
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