President Trump said in a phone interview that Iran has “agreed to everything,” including the indefinite suspension of its nuclear program.

“I just spoke with President Trump on the phone from Las Vegas and I asked him about the stream of Truth social posts he has been sharing. I got right to the point. I asked the President if Iran agreed to stop enriching uranium,” NewsNation correspondent Kellie Meyer said.

“They agreed to stop enriching uranium?” Meyer asked Trump.

“They agreed to everything,” Trump responded.

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He insisted that doing so will not involve U.S. ground troops. But when asked who would retrieve it, he would only say “our people.”

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“No. No troops,” he said. “We’ll go down and get it with them, and then we’ll take it. We’ll be getting it together because by that time, we’ll have an agreement and there’s no need for fighting when there’s an agreement. Nice right? That’s better. We would have done it the other way if we had to.”

The president said the material would then be brought to the U.S.

“Our people, together with the Iranians, are going to work together to go get it. And then we’ll take it to the United States,” he said.

But within a couple of hours, a spokesperson for Iran’s foreign ministry released a statement that said in translation, “Enriched uranium is as sacred to us as Iranian soil and will not be transferred anywhere under any circumstances,” and went on to say that “transferring uranium to the United States has not been an option.”

The president also told CBS News that Tehran agreed to stop backing proxy terrorist groups, like Hezbollah and Hamas.

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Trump told Axios that U.S. and Iranian negotiators are expected to meet this weekend to finalize a deal.

“Talks are going on. It’ll go on over the weekend — and a lot of good things are happening,” Trump said.

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Multiple U.S. officials and other sources briefed on the negotiations have told Axios that while significant progress has been made and the U.S. and Iran are now closing in on a three-page peace plan, gaps still remain on critical issues.

Trump, who has claimed to have personally spoken with the Iranians in recent days, is clearly feeling optimistic.

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“The Iranians want to meet. They want to make a deal. I think a meeting will probably take place over the weekend. I think we will get a deal in the next day or two,” he said in a brief phone interview.

Axios reported on Friday that one element of the deal under discussion would have the U.S. release $20 billion in frozen Iranian funds in return for Iran giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium.

The plan also involves a moratorium on Iranian enrichment.

Trump said he’s not going to lift the naval blockade before a deal is reached, and he stressed he wants the Strait of Hormuz to be open for everybody.

Iran announced on Friday that it would open the strait for the remainder of the ceasefire, which ends on April 21, but the details of how that will work remain unclear.

 

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