President Donald Trump says that Iran has “in a way” agreed to the terms of a nuclear agreement with the United States.
Trump described the latest discussions between the two countries, which ended on Sunday, as “very serious negotiations” for “long -term peace”.
Earlier, an adviser to the supreme chief of Iran told NBC News that Tehran was willing to make concessions on his nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.
The United States has insisted on the fact that Iran must remove its enrichment of uranium to prevent the country from developing nuclear weapons – although Iran insists that its nuclear activities are entirely peaceful.
Speaking Thursday in Qatar, during the second stop of his several days in the Gulf, Trump said that an agreement was close to the Iranian nuclear program and suggested a military strike on Tehran sites could be avoided.
“We are not going to do nuclear dust in Iran,” said Trump after a meeting in Doha with business leaders.
“I think we may be getting closer to doing a deal without having to do it.
“You probably read history today on Iran. It is sort of accepted the conditions.”
The president did not specify the remarks to which he referred, but an adviser to the supreme chief of Iran, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ali Shamkhani, said in an interview with the American media that Tehran was willing to accept large -scale borders on his nuclear program.
Shamkhani told ABC News that Iran would abandon highly enriched uranium stocks in the context of an agreement in which the United States lifts sanctions.
The latest discussions on the Tehran nuclear program ended on Sunday, the two parties agreeing to meet.
The American envoy of the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said that they were encouraging, while the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi described them as “difficult but useful”.
Trump withdrew from a previous nuclear agreement between Iran and five other world powers in 2018.
He previously warned against a possible military action against Iranian nuclear installations if the new series of talks, which started in April, has not succeeded.
A senior American official said that the latest discussions lasted more than three hours, adding: “The agreement was concluded to move forward with talks to continue working on technical elements.
“We are encouraged by today’s results and we are delighted with our next meeting, which will happen in the near future.”
