President Trump said on Thursday that the US and Iran were close to reaching a nuclear deal, though the details of a potential agreement remain unclear.
The president said that the US wouldn’t be “making any nuclear dust in Iran,” referencing his previous threats that he would bomb Iran if an agreement weren’t reached. “I think we’re getting close to maybe doing a deal without having to do this,” he said.
Trump told reporters, “You probably read today the story about Iran. It’s sort of agreed to the terms.”
The president didn’t specify what story he was referring to, but NBC News published an interview on Wednesday with Ali Shamkhani, an advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
In the interview, Shamkhani said Iran was ready to commit to never making a nuclear weapon, reduce uranium enrichment levels, get rid of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and allow international inspectors to verify the process in exchange for sanctions relief.
Shamkhani’s comments reflect what has been Iran’s position all along and mirror the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA. Trump posted a link to the interview on his Truth Social account, suggesting he may be open to such a deal.
Publicly, Trump administration officials, including Steve Witkoff, have been saying that any deal must eliminate Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, which Iranian officials have made clear is a non-starter. It’s likely this has not been the US demand in its negotiations with Iran since the talks have continued to make progress.
Trump’s comments come after Axios reported that Witkoff presented Iran with a proposal for a potential deal during the previous round of negotiations, which was held over the weekend in Oman.
The report said that Witkoff’s proposal included the Trump administration’s parameters for an Iranian civilian nuclear program and requirements for monitoring and verification, but it didn’t say what those parameters were.
President Trump has been threatening to attack Iran if a nuclear deal isn’t reached even though his intelligence agencies recently reaffirmed that there’s no evidence Tehran is building a bomb or that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reversed his ban on the development of nuclear weapons.
IAEA.Org
GOV/2025/10
Page 9
E. Summary
44. The Director General is seriously concerned that the outstanding safeguards issues remain unresolved more than two years after the Board of Governors first decided that it was “essential and urgent
in order to ensure verification of the non-diversion of nuclear material” for Iran to clarify those outstanding safeguards issues. These issues stem from Iran’s obligations under its NPT Safeguards Agreement and unless and until Iran resolves them the Agency will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
45. Iran has neither provided technically credible explanations for the presence of uranium particles of anthropogenic origin at undeclared locations in Iran nor informed the Agency of the current location(s)
of the nuclear material and/or of the contaminated equipment involved. Instead, Iran states that it has declared all of the nuclear material, activities and locations required under its Safeguards Agreement. This is inconsistent with the Agency’s assessments of the unexplained nuclear-related activities that took place at all four of the undeclared locations in Iran referred to above, and of the origin of the uranium particles of anthropogenic origin found at three of these locations: these assessments remain unchanged. The Agency is, therefore, at an impasse with regards to resolving these outstanding safeguards issues.
46. Iran’s unilateral decision to stop the implementation of modified Code 3.1, in contravention of its legal obligations set out in Article 39 of the Safeguards Agreement and in the Subsidiary Arrangements, is having a negative impact on the Agency’s ability to provide assurance of the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme.
47. The Director General deeply regrets that Iran, despite having indicated a willingness to consider accepting the designation of four additional experienced Agency inspectors, did not accept their
designations.
48. There has been no significant progress in the past 21 months towards implementing the Joint Statement of 4 March 2023. In the context of Iran’s agreement that the Joint Statement continues to
provide a framework for cooperation with the Agency and for addressing the outstanding safeguards issues, the Director General calls upon Iran urgently to implement the Joint Statement through serious engagement.
49. The significantly increased production and accumulation of high enriched uranium by Iran, the only non-nuclear weapon State to produce such nuclear material, is of serious concern.
50. The Director General will continue to report as appropriate. In response to the Board’s request in its resolution of November 2024, the Director General will produce a comprehensive and updated
assessment on the presence and use of undeclared nuclear material in connection with past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear programme. This assessment will include a full account of
Iran’s cooperation with the Agency on these issues and address the Agency’s ability to verify Iran’s implementation of its safeguards obligations, including the non-diversion of nuclear material, based on
all information available.
IAEA Board examines and makes recommendations to the General Conference on the IAEA's financial statements, programme and budget. It considers applications for membership, approves safeguards agreements and the publication of the IAEA's safety standards. It also appoints the Director General of the IAEA, with the approval of the General Conference.
The Board generally meets five times per year: in March and June, twice in September (before and after the General Conference) and in November.
Board Members for 2024–2025
The 35 Board Members for 2024-2025 are Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Pakistan, Paraguay, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
"I think we’re getting close to maybe doing a deal " Trump talks like a baby. Getting close to maybe doing something. What does that mean?
Like any competent con man, he knows he has to keep a constant patter going until he can pull a BIG REVEAL, then segue to the next con before anyone notices that the BIG REVEAL didn’t live up to the hype.
I’ve seen timeshare salespeople who are better at it, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that he’s apparently never gone into that particular grift. There’s still time, though — if not for him, for his rugrats.
He is a con man for sure.
Not buying any of this. It’s either a delay to prepare for war or cover for provoking:(it’s in the US policy papers to attack Iran and impose regime change)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PTM4rY_jYP8
Excellent observation ConRyan.
I was highlighting Berletic again. He is a reliable source of analysis because he delves deeply into policy papers and then lines up the plots with the deeds.
Most analysis is surface level/face value and propaganda.
The reformists (Peseshkian, Rouhani, Zarif, Shamkhani, etc) are a Zionist fifth column. They are a mafia-like gang that had a hand in murdering President Raisi (who was very close to Putin and Xi) last year with the complicity of Republic of Azerbaijan leader Ilham Aliyev. They made numerous overtures to both Biden and "Israel" after killing Raisi, but for whatever reason Biden/Blinken rebuffed them.
There has been a major conflict in Iran since the murder of Raisi between the "elected" government now led by reformists and the IRGC/Armed Forces. You have to understand that it was the Iranian reformists who pushed the US to declare the IRGC a "terrorist" organization, and who pushed Trump to murder IRGC General Soleimani. These are very evil and corrupt men and they are absolute traitors. They are currently harassing the Iranian population with unnecessary power outages, hiking gas tax, and other such measures to manufacture discontent and riot conditions as a pretext to selling out to the West.
If they go through with this, without a doubt the IRGC and Armed Forces will overthrow the government, dissolve the theocratic assemblies and judiciary, and establish a secular military state, which Ahmadinejad had attempted to do during his presidency but was thwarted by a coalition of reformists and religious hardliners. Back then, Russia and China were acting against Iran in league with the West (which ultimately led to the potentially catastrophic JCPOA which was a horrible deal for Iran) and thus they did not take advantage of the opportunities Ahmadinejad and the IRGC were offering them.
Fortunately, Trump is too stupid and ignorant to realize exactly what is going on and what they are offering. J.D. Vance and Gabbard are far more aware, but he obviously isn't listening to anything they are saying. He is an arrogant and stupid buffoon, but his stupidity will save Iran from enduring a potential civil war that will inevitably result from the stupidity and treason of the reformists.
The only reason the IRGC and Armed Forces have not arrested or made any moves against the reformists and the government is because this would create enough internal instability that the US and "Israel" would take advantage of. This is why the IRGC and military prefer the US and "Israel" to attack, because this will instantly escalate into all-out war that will inevitably lead to the dissolution of US hegemony in West Asia and the total destruction of the pissant settler-colony calling itself "Israel".
All I can say is that this nonsense and insanity has gone on far too long and a regional war (which may escalate to WW3) appears to be the only way to end the genocide of Palestinians, Alawites, Christians, and other minorities, and the only way to end the corrosive US presence in West Asia and elsewhere.
We can only hope that Trump is the beginning of the end of US imperialism.
The Supreme ruler rules and nothing happens in Iran w/o his approval. So this is a pile of nonsense. Khamenei rules the IRGC with an iron fist and if he wanted the current president gone, he'd be gone in a day.
No, what has happened in that the hardliners have lost a lot of clout because their whole strategy for defense of the country in depth (Hezbollah, Syria, etc.) has been destroyed over the past year. Things Iran has spent billions of hard earned money on have proven feeble and easily deleted.
A big change is a coming I think … for both Iran and Israel … and about time too.
…which would never happen…!
Do you think that stops them?
Only Iranian people can change the regime…!
I listen to him a lot and a few others on Youtube. Listening to our media only – both Left and Right – one can go insane.
In the interview, Shamkhani said Iran was ready to commit to never making a nuclear weapon, reduce uranium enrichment levels, get rid of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and allow international inspectors to verify the process in exchange for sanctions relief.
I've said it all along. Just whip out a copy of the JCPOA, change a few inconsequential words and put Trumps name on it and you'll have a deal.
LOL. Exactly right. Trump is negotiating to fix the problem he created.
Yes, but as you know only a Democrat could have ended welfare as we knew it and only an anti-communist like Nixon could have gone to China … perhaps it takes a MAGA to make this deal stick!
The president said that the US wouldn’t be “making any nuclear dust in Iran,” referencing his previous threats that he would bomb Iran if an agreement weren’t reached. “I think we’re getting close to maybe doing a deal without having to do this,” he said.
What a fucking assclown.
What he is doing is fooling everyone with his constant verbal garbage that never ceases. The media bites with every utterance he makes and never goes back what he just said a day, a week, a month or a year ago. He plays with people and then spits them out.
Open during the negotiations, and close and demand full when they return to US…! Ambiguity is Trump's game…!