US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran has agreed to hand over its enriched uranium supply and said that both countries were “close” to a peace deal.
“They’ve agreed to give us back the nuclear dust,” Trump told reporters at the White House, 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,” he added.
A disagreement over Tehran’s nuclear activities was the central sticking point in the weekend negotiations between Iran and the United States in Pakistan. Washington has proposed a 20-year freeze on Iran’s uranium enrichment in its proposal, but Tehran had said it could only agree to do it for five years, according to reports by The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Earlier, Tehran had proposed suspending uranium enrichment for up to five years, which was an offer that the Trump administration rejected, insisting on 20 years, the NYT reported, quoting two senior Iranian officials and one US official.