Trump says US and Iran reach 'great settlement', peace deal could be signed within days
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Washington and Tehran had reached what he described as a "great settlement" to end the conflict between the two countries, adding that a formal agreement could be signed within days.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said the deal was awaiting final documentation and could be signed in Europe.
“We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran, and we're going to be subject to finalisation of documents,” Trump said. “We should get done over the next few days. Probably have a signing maybe in Europe.”
The announcement came after Trump said he had cancelled planned military strikes against Iran following an exchange of attacks between the two sides. Tensions had also escalated earlier in the week after the crash of a US Apache helicopter, which Washington blamed on an Iranian drone.
Iran has carried out strikes against US military assets in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait during the conflict. Trump said the agreement would ensure that Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon, describing it as the central objective of the negotiations.
“Most importantly, we have a deal that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, which was the whole purpose of what we had to go through to get this,” he said.
The president also said he had spoken with leaders across the Middle East, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as officials from Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Turkey.
Trump claimed regional leaders welcomed the breakthrough and said the agreement could pave the way for improved relations across the region.
“The whole Middle East is happy,” he said. Iran had not publicly commented on Trump's announcement at the time of publication.
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