Iran and USA, Trump optimistic: “Deal very possible”

Donald Trump says he is confident: a nuclear deal with Iran is “very possible.” The President of the United States stated that negotiations with Tehran have seen significant developments over the last twenty-four hours, fueling hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough after weeks of tension.

“They want to make a deal. We have had very positive talks in the last 24 hours, and it is very possible that an agreement will be reached,” Trump stated from the Oval Office, adding that Iran “has already agreed” to the fundamental principle: no atomic bomb for Tehran. “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and they won’t have it.”

Regarding the conditions, the American president was clear: any agreement must include the direct transfer of Iran’s stockpiles of highly enriched uranium to the United States, as well as the closure of all the country’s underground nuclear facilities. Trump also denied rumors that the agreement would allow Tehran to maintain an enrichment level of 3.67%, defining such hypotheses as foreign to the current negotiating framework.

The tone remains typical of the commander-in-chief: optimism accompanied by an explicit threat. “If they accept, it’s over. If they don’t accept, we bomb,” he declared bluntly.

Tehran stalls, but does not close the door

From the Iranian side, the signals are more cautious. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed that an American proposal, conveyed through Pakistani mediation, is currently “under review” and that Tehran will communicate its final position only at the end of internal evaluations. Furthermore, the semi-official ISNA agency labeled some of the rumors published by the American site Axios regarding the contents of the potential agreement as “media speculation.”

The draft on the table

According to reports from Axios, the two parties find themselves close to a preliminary agreement that would declare the end of the conflict and open a thirty-day negotiating period to define a more detailed accord. The themes at the center of subsequent talks would be the reopening of transit in the Strait of Hormuz, the limitation of the Iranian nuclear program, and the removal of American sanctions. Islamabad and Geneva are being suggested as possible venues for the negotiations.

Among the points still open is the duration of the moratorium on uranium enrichment: Iran has reportedly proposed five years, while the United States is requesting twenty. In exchange, Washington would be willing to progressively ease sanctions and unfreeze billions of dollars in Iranian funds.

American officials, again according to Axios, have reportedly judged this the closest moment to a preliminary agreement since the beginning of the conflict and are awaiting an Iranian response on several key points within 48 hours.

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