The fate of the agreement with Iran hangs in the balance. Donald Trump has spoken. Two options on the table
In an interview with Axios, Trump said that it's a “solid 50/50” whether he'll be able to make a good deal or whether he'll “blow them up”. The meeting is to be attended by US negotiators, i.e. Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and according to the website, they will be joined by US Vice President JD Vance, who is also involved in the talks.
According to Axios journalist Barak Ravida, Trump will also discuss the agreement with the leaders of Middle Eastern countries on Saturday evening.
The fate of the agreement with Iran hangs in the balance. Donald Trump has spoken
The media, citing people familiar with the talks at the highest level, reported that the parties to the conflict were close to reaching an agreement extending the ceasefire for between 30 and 60 days. Under this agreement, the Iranian authorities are to gradually open the Strait of Hormuz, but also commit to talks about diluting or transferring Iran's stockpiles of highly enriched uranium.
On the other hand, the US is also expected to release its blockade of the Strait, relax the sanctions regime and partially unblock frozen Iranian funds.
Trump did not want to reveal the details of the agreement in an interview with CBS, but assured that “it's getting better every day.” “I can't tell you before I tell them, can I?” Trump added.
At the same time, the US president said he believed the final version of the agreement would prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons because otherwise he “would not be talking about it at all.” Trump added that the agreement would bring the issue of Iran's enriched uranium to a “satisfactory resolution.” – I will only sign a contract in which we will get everything we want – he emphasized.
Axios reported that in the conversation, the president said that he would only agree to an agreement if it covered the issues of uranium enrichment and the future of Iran's current resources of this raw material.
According to the website, these issues are unlikely to be resolved in the protocol of agreement currently being discussed by Iranian and American negotiators.
“I think one of two things will happen: either I hit them harder than they've ever been hit before, or we sign a deal that's good,” Trump told Axios. He also admitted that “some people would like to have a deal, and others would like to have the war resume.” However, Trump denied that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was “afraid that” the US president would make a bad deal.
