Washington, United States. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was not yet satisfied with a deal with Iran and that the United States was not discussing easing sanctions on the country.
Iran talks
Speaking to reporters at a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump said Iran wanted to make a deal but had not yet reached one acceptable to the United States.
“Iran is very much intent, they want very much to make a deal. So far they haven’t gotten there … we’re not satisfied with it, but we will be. We will be either that or we’ll have to just finish the job,” Trump said.
Strait of Hormuz
Trump said that under a potential framework deal with Tehran, the Strait of Hormuz would open immediately but would not be controlled by anybody.
“We’ll watch over it, but nobody’s going to control it. That’s part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it. Nobody’s going to control it. It’s international waters and Oman will behave just like everybody else or we’ll have to blow them up,” Trump said.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s remark about Oman, and Oman’s embassy in Washington also did not immediately respond.
Uranium stockpile
Trump also said he was not comfortable with Russia or China taking Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
