Trump says 'had strong talks with Iran', reiterates US' willingness to 'make a deal'

Donald Trump

• Trump pauses attacks on Iran for five days amid talks
• US and Iran had productive negotiations, major points agreed
• Tehran must give up enriched uranium for deal closure

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Hours after US President Donald Trump decided to pause attacks on Key Iranian energy infrastructure for the next five days, the US President said that his administration is 'very willing to make a deal with Iran' and both nations had productive talks.

Sounding positive about the ongoing negotiations with Tehran, Trump said both nations had major point of agreement. Briefing the media, he said US is in touch with a 'top person' in Iran. However, laying down one of the conditions for signing a deal to bring the ongoing war to a closure, the US president says Tehran must give up the stockpile of enriched uranium.

Couple of hours ago, Trump told AFP on that "things are going very well" regarding Iran, shortly after announcing talks with Tehran and a five-day pause on targeting the Islamic republic's power plants.

Trump's abrupt shift on Iran came hours before the expiration of a two-day ultimatum under which he threatened to attack Iranian power plants if Tehran did not reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

"Things are going very well," Trump said in brief comments by telephone to AFP when asked about Iran, following his earlier Truth Social post on the negotiations that immediately sent oil prices tumbling. In his post, Trump made the surprise announcement, backed by little detail, that diplomacy was underway. This came after he earlier shunned talks with Tehran in the fourth week of the joint US-Israeli military campaign.

Trump said in the post that Tehran and Washington "have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East."

"Based on the tenor and tone" of the talks, "which will continue throughout the week, I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions," Trump wrote.