President Trump on Thursday teased that the U.S. and Iran had been inching nearer to an settlement on a nuclear deal, saying the 2 sides had been in “very serious negotiations” for “long-term peace.”
“You probably read today the story about Iran has sort of agreed to the terms,” Trump instructed reporters at a enterprise roundtable in Qatar.
“They’re not going to make — I call it, in a friendly way, nuclear dust. We’re not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran. And we’ve been strong. I want them to succeed. I want them to end up being a great country, frankly. But they can’t have a nuclear weapon. That’s the only thing.”
Reuters reported that an Iranian supply conversant in negotiations stated there have been nonetheless gaps between the 2 sides.
Officers from Iran and the U.S. have been engaged in talks in current weeks round Tehran’s nuclear program. Trump throughout his first time period withdrew the U.S. from the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, which had supplied sanctions aid in alternate for limits on its nuclear program.
The president has taken a softer tone towards Iran and signaled he might be open to Iran having a civilian nuclear program, however has been adamant that Tehran can not have a nuclear weapon.
Trump warned in remarks Tuesday that he would inflict “maximum pressure” on Iran if it continued to assault its neighbors.
