Iran agrees to end enrichment of uranium by July 31?

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This market asks whether Iran will officially promise to stop enriching uranium entirely before the end of July 2026. Uranium enrichment is the process Iran uses to increase the concentration of a specific uranium isotope — it is a key step toward either nuclear energy or nuclear weapons. A Yes means Iran makes a clear public commitment to stop that process completely. A No means it doesn't — even if Iran agrees to do less enrichment, or to cap how powerful that enrichment is. For this to settle Yes, Iran must make a public pledge to end all uranium enrichment — zero, not reduced — before July 31, 2026, at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. The pledge can be a solo announcement or part of a deal with the US or Israel, and it counts even if the actual stopping hasn't happened yet. The critical edge case: a deal that only limits enrichment to lower levels does not count. It must be a commitment to stop entirely. The market uses credible news reporting as its judge. As of mid-June 2026, active diplomacy is underway. News reports indicate the US and Iran are close to an initial framework agreement, with Qatar acting as a go-between in Tehran. However, Iranian officials have also publicly stated they will not back down to pressure, and reports suggest any signing is not imminent. This suggests talks are real but unresolved — a deal framework may be forming, though whether it would include a full enrichment stop (versus a cap) remains the open question. The market is nearly split — 47% Yes — which reflects genuine two-sided uncertainty. The core tension is this: Iran has historically treated its enrichment program as a matter of national sovereignty, making a full stop politically very difficult to agree to publicly. At the same time, active negotiations are happening right now. The big unknowns are whether any deal reached will demand complete enrichment stoppage or just limits, and whether domestic Iranian politics allows leaders to agree to that. Six weeks remain, which is both enough time for a breakthrough and enough time for talks to collapse.