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ANIIran has offered not to have nuclear weapons for more than 20 years, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, while hinting at a possible visit to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. If an Iran deal is reached and signed in Islamabad, he might go, the President said, adding that Iran has agreed to almost everything.
"We have a statement, a very powerful statement, that they will not have, beyond 20 years, that they will not have nuclear weapons," he told reporters outside the White House. "I think we have a chance. And if that happens, oil goes way down, prices go way down, inflation goes way down, and ... much more importantly than even that, you won't have a nuclear holocaust."
Also read: US ready to resume strikes if Iran rejects peace deal, warns Hegseth
Trump said that the next meeting between the United States and Iran may take place over the weekend, adding that he is not sure the ceasefire needs to be extended.
"I'm not sure it needs to be extended," Trump told reporters at the White House. "Iran wants to make a deal and we're dealing very nicely with them."
He said that Washington has a very "good relationship with Iran right now, as hard as it is to believe. And I think it's a combination of about four weeks of bombing, and a very powerful blockade."
On the storage of enriched uranium, he said that Tehran has agreed to hand over its store of enriched uranium and that the two sides were "close" to a peace deal ending six weeks of conflict.
Also read: Trump says Israel, Lebanon agreed to 10-day ceasefire
"They've agreed to give us back the nuclear dust," he told reporters, using his name for the enriched uranium stockpile that the United States says could be used to build nuclear weapons. "There's a very good chance we're going to make a deal."
Also read: Hormuz, nukes and 'unreasonable demands' of US: Iran reveals what led to failure of talks in Islamabad
After 21 hours of ceasefire negotiations, Vance announced that the talks had "failed" and that the team would return to the US without a deal since Iran did not agree to Amerca's conditions of not building a nuclear weapon.
Iran called US demands as "unreasonable" that stalled the peace talks and prevented progress of negotiations.
"The Iranian delegation negotiated continuously and intensively for 21 hours in order to protect the national interests of the Iranian people; despite various initiatives from the Iranian delegation, the unreasonable demands of the American side prevented the progress of the negotiations. Thus the negotiations ended," AFP quoted Iranian state broadcaster IRIB as saying on Telegram.
The core issues discussed during the negotiation included reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, nuclear issue preparations, lifting sanctions, and complete end of war against Iran, the region.
On Friday, Trump said at an event in Las Vegas that the war in Iran is going “swimmingly” and "should be ending pretty soon."
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"We have a statement, a very powerful statement, that they will not have, beyond 20 years, that they will not have nuclear weapons," he told reporters outside the White House. "I think we have a chance. And if that happens, oil goes way down, prices go way down, inflation goes way down, and ... much more importantly than even that, you won't have a nuclear holocaust."
Also read: US ready to resume strikes if Iran rejects peace deal, warns Hegseth
Trump said that the next meeting between the United States and Iran may take place over the weekend, adding that he is not sure the ceasefire needs to be extended.
"I'm not sure it needs to be extended," Trump told reporters at the White House. "Iran wants to make a deal and we're dealing very nicely with them."
He said that Washington has a very "good relationship with Iran right now, as hard as it is to believe. And I think it's a combination of about four weeks of bombing, and a very powerful blockade."
On the storage of enriched uranium, he said that Tehran has agreed to hand over its store of enriched uranium and that the two sides were "close" to a peace deal ending six weeks of conflict.
Also read: Trump says Israel, Lebanon agreed to 10-day ceasefire
"They've agreed to give us back the nuclear dust," he told reporters, using his name for the enriched uranium stockpile that the United States says could be used to build nuclear weapons. "There's a very good chance we're going to make a deal."
Islamabad Talks
Washington and Tehran held peace talks in Islamabad with the mediation of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir. Vice President J D Vance led the US delegation while the Iranain delegation was led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.Also read: Hormuz, nukes and 'unreasonable demands' of US: Iran reveals what led to failure of talks in Islamabad
After 21 hours of ceasefire negotiations, Vance announced that the talks had "failed" and that the team would return to the US without a deal since Iran did not agree to Amerca's conditions of not building a nuclear weapon.
Iran called US demands as "unreasonable" that stalled the peace talks and prevented progress of negotiations.
"The Iranian delegation negotiated continuously and intensively for 21 hours in order to protect the national interests of the Iranian people; despite various initiatives from the Iranian delegation, the unreasonable demands of the American side prevented the progress of the negotiations. Thus the negotiations ended," AFP quoted Iranian state broadcaster IRIB as saying on Telegram.
The core issues discussed during the negotiation included reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, nuclear issue preparations, lifting sanctions, and complete end of war against Iran, the region.
On Friday, Trump said at an event in Las Vegas that the war in Iran is going “swimmingly” and "should be ending pretty soon."
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