Trump Says Talks With Iran in Form of Negotiations to Start Tomorrow, Cites Hormuz Agreement

U.S. President Donald Trump on the 2nd (local time) hinted at reaching an agreement with Iran regarding the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and announced the resumption of dialogue.

President Trump made the remarks while speaking with White House reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington, D.C., from Bedminster, New Jersey.

"There is an agreement concerning Hormuz," Trump said, adding, "And then there will be an agreement regarding the nuclear issue, or what you could call the denuclearization of Iran."

"What we're going to do now is talk to them in the form of negotiations," he noted, forecasting that talks with Iran would begin "tomorrow (the 3rd) afternoon," which is Monday U.S. time.

However, President Trump did not respond to a question regarding a deadline for an agreement with Iran.

Previously, President Trump had signaled powerful airstrikes against Iran during a cabinet meeting at Camp David, Maryland, on the 31st of last month. However, the previous night, he announced the cancellation of military operations on Truth Social, stating, "I received requests from Iran and other Middle Eastern countries agreeing to the framework of an agreement and asking that any attacks be withheld."

When reporters asked why he called off the attack on Iran, President Trump replied, "I was asked by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Iran to cancel the attack."

He added, "We were all set. Right around this very hour (we would have attacked)," describing it as having been a "massive attack."

President Trump said, "When your allies ask you to call off an attack, you should say, 'Okay, let's see what happens.' And the reason they asked is because they believe a deal is possible."

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