US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran was offering significant concessions as negotiations between the two sides are set to continue next week.
“The war is going very well. As you know, we’re winning by a lot. Iran is making very big concessions. We’ll see what happens, but it has been very, very, very powerful,” Trump told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday.
Later, after lunch with Senate Republicans, Trump told the reporters that Iran is being “very nice”.
“They’re agreeing to everything that I want, and they have to; otherwise, we just go back and do what we have to do,” he added.
Last week, Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian electronically signed the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding”, which is intended to pave the way for ending the war launched by Washington and Tel Aviv against Iran on February 28.
Under the deal, Washington and Tehran are due to hold negotiations for 60 days, with the possibility of an extension, aimed at reaching a final agreement covering Iran’s nuclear programme and international sanctions.
Pakistan, the mediator, said the technical-level talks will resume next week, following a temporary pause.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the US expects Iran to comply with its obligations under the interim deal.
