US President Donald Trump has made a series of claims about a possible peace deal between Tehran and Washington as the deadline for Iran-US ceasefire nears.
Amid reports of the two sides sitting for another round of talks in Islamabad, Trump portrayed an optimistic overview of diplomatic progress with Iran but made a threatening remark saying that the ceasefire with Iran may end if no long-term deal is reached by Wednesday.
Trump also said the US blockade of Iranian ports will 'remain' if no deal is reached.
Here are Trump's top 10 remarks on deal with Iran after Hormuz opening:
'No sticking point, very close to deal': Trump said Iran and the US are 'very close to deal' and that there are 'no sticking points'.
'US blockade of Iranian ports will remain if no deal reached': Trump said late Friday he planned to maintain a US blockade of Iranian ports if a peace deal with Tehran is not reached.
'Some pretty good news on Iran': Trump said on Friday there had been some "pretty good news" regarding Iran but didn't elaborate.
'Iran has agreed to never close the Strait of Hormuz again': In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump said that Iran has agreed to 'never close the Strait of Hormuz again'.
'Until our transaction with Iran is 100% complete': Announcing that the naval blockade of Iran in Hormuz will continue, Trump said the situation will persist till US' 'transaction with Iran is 100% complete'.
'Iranians want to meet': Trump on Thursday suggested that talks with Iran could happen 'soon'.
'Will bring Iran uranium back home to the USA': Trump said Friday that the US and Iran would jointly remove uranium from Tehran's nuclear sites with excavators under any peace deal.
'Iran has agreed to everything': Trump also claimed that that Iran has "agreed to everything" in ongoing talks with the United States pertaining to nuclear programme.
'A lot of good things are happening': Trump hinted that the deal with Iran will include Lebanon as well as the current truce between Iran and the US was threatened by Israel's deadly strikes on Lebanon last week.
'Paper tiger NATO': Trump lashed out at NATO dubbing it as 'paper tiger'.
