President Donald Trump said Iran had "sort of" made a deal with the U.S. on its nuclear program, one that he hoped would secure "long-term peace". The U.S. and Tehran are in talks over the Iranian nuclear issue.

"We're in very serious negotiations with Iran for long-term peace," Trump said on a tour of the Gulf, according to a pool report by AFP. Fresh talks between Iranian and U.S. negotiators to resolve disputes over Tehran's nuclear programme ended in Oman on Sunday with further negotiations planned,

President Donald Trump expressed his goal that “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon," while speaking at the U.S.-Saudi investment forum on May 13.