UPDATE 1-Trump says negotiators are getting closer to Iran deal, media interviews show

​President Donald Trump said on ‌Saturday that ​negotiators for the United States and Iran were "getting a lot closer" to finalizing an agreement ‌to end the war, according to an interview with CBS News. He said a final agreement would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and ‌would ensure that Iran's enriched uranium would be "satisfactorily handled," according to ‌CBS. "I will only sign a deal where we get everything we want," Trump was quoted as saying.

UPDATE 1-Trump says negotiators are getting closer to Iran deal, media interviews show

​President Donald Trump said on ‌Saturday that ​negotiators for the United States and Iran were "getting a lot closer" to finalizing an agreement ‌to end the war, according to an interview with CBS News.

He said a final agreement would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and ‌would ensure that Iran's enriched uranium would be "satisfactorily handled," according to ‌CBS. "I will only sign a deal where we get everything we want," Trump was quoted as saying. Iran, the United States and mediator Pakistan all said on Saturday that ⁠progress ​had been ⁠made in talks on ending almost three months of war.

Trump said he would discuss ⁠the latest Iran draft agreement with advisers on Saturday and might make a ​decision on whether to resume the war by Sunday, he told ⁠Axios in a separate interview. "Either we reach a good deal or I'll blow them ⁠to ​a thousand hells," Trump said, according to Axios.

Trump has vacillated between the two poles of diplomacy and military strike since a ceasefire ⁠was declared six weeks ago to allow the sides to come to ⁠agreement on ⁠Iran's nuclear program and on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil and gas supply route now controlled ‌by Tehran.

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