WASHINGTON, April 17 (V7N) – US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States and Iran were “very close” to a peace deal and suggested he might travel to Pakistan to sign an agreement.  

Speaking to reporters at the White House before departing for Las Vegas, Trump said Tehran had agreed to surrender its stockpile of enriched uranium, a key sticking point in negotiations. “We had to make sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon... They’ve totally agreed to that. They’ve agreed to almost everything,” he said.  

Asked if he might attend a signing ceremony, Trump replied: “I might go, yeah. If the deal is signed in Islamabad, I might go.”  

The US leader praised Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Asim Munir for their role in brokering talks. Vice President JD Vance led a US delegation to Islamabad last weekend but returned without a breakthrough. The White House says discussions are underway for a second round of talks, likely again in Pakistan.  

Trump added that Iran had agreed to hand over what he called “nuclear dust” — his term for enriched uranium — though he provided no details on how such a transfer would be carried out.  

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