WASHINGTON – President Trump claimed Thursday that the US and Iran have a “good” chance of finalizing a peace deal in the coming days after the Islamic Republic agreed to two major demands put forward by the White House — and teased that he may go to Pakistan himself to seal the agreement.
“It’s very important that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, and they’ve agreed to that,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a two-day western trip.
“Iran’s agreed to that, and they’ve agreed to it very powerfully.”
Trump then claimed that Iran “agreed to give us back the nuclear dust that’s way underground because of the attack we made with the B-2 bombers,” referring to the roughly 970 pounds of enriched uranium buried under three Iranian nuclear sites damaged by US strikes on the country in June 2025.
The Post could not immediately confirm whether Iran has indeed agreed to give up its enriched uranium, under what terms and to whom it would be surrendered.
However, the president has insisted that Iran’s leadership was “willing to do things today that they weren’t willing to do two months ago.”
“Something’s going to happen, very positive,” he added. “We’re moving very fast. It could happen pretty quickly.”
Trump, in an exclusive interview with The Post Tuesday, predicted talks would resume in Pakistan this weekend.
Islamabad officials are engaged in a round of shuttle diplomacy, travelling to Iran and other countries in the Middle East to help make discussions happen.
Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir went to Tehran on Wednesday and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is on a four-day tour to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, to garner support for a deal.
“I might go,” Trump suggested Thursday. “Pakistan has been great. They’ve been so good.”
With the war in its seventh week, both sides are coming under economic pressure while the cost of gas has skyrocketed around the world. US forces have assassinated Iran’s supreme leader and other senior officials, along with hitting 13,000 targets — including more than 150 Iranian ships.
An initial round of talks in Pakistan last weekend failed to produce a deal after more than 20 hours of discussion, with Vice President JD Vance leading the US side.
On Sunday, Trump announced an American military blockade of the critical Strait of Hormuz, which is the key waterway by which Iran distributes its oil and brings in needed cargo.
Officials believed closing the strait would increase economic pressure on Iran and motivate them to come back to the bargaining table.
The move turned into an economic game of chicken, with Iran suffering from food shortages and rampant inflation while global oil prices rose above $100 a barrel and US gas prices topped $4.12 for a gallon of regular fuel.
Trump predicted an end to all that, saying the final deal with Tehran will result in “free oil and free Hormuz Strait.”
He also argued the cost of gas was actually lower than predicted.
“If you look at the oil and you look at the price we’re paying, it’s about half what people thought it would be if you did what I had to do,” he claimed.
“I think we have a very successful negotiation going on right now, and I think if it happens it’ll be announced fairly soon and it will give us free oil and free Hormuz Strait. Everything will be nice and I think your oil price will go down lower than it was before.”
Trump also did not rule out extending the two-week cease-fire between the US and Iran, which expires April 22.
