Azatutyun: U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that the potential agreement being negotiated with Iran is not his preferred outcome, also noting that the war will end soon.

 

Nevertheless, he said that his special envoy for Middle Eastern affairs, Steve Wittecoff, who is negotiating the potential agreement with Iran, is "doing a very good job".

 

"He is working on a deal with Iran and is doing a very good job. I think the deal is not really what I want to do, but they are willing to offer us everything to stop [the war]," Trump said during a campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas.

 

The White House leader reiterated that Iran "will never have nuclear weapons" and praised Wittecoff, calling him a "great negotiator".

 

Trump also said he expects the war to end soon. "That war is going to end, it will be very soon. It has to be very soon," Trump said, referring to Iran as a "failed state" that, according to him, still has "a little ability to resist, but not much".

 

In recent weeks, Iran and the United States have exchanged proposals aimed at halting the war and reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz for global energy markets. Trump had rejected Tehran's latest proposal and warned that military actions could escalate after the midterm elections scheduled in November in Congress.

 

U.S. Vice President Jay D. Vance also said in an exclusive interview with Reuters yesterday that Iran must "significantly" reduce its uranium enrichment capabilities to meet U.S. demands and halt the war.

 

Vance stated that any agreement would not offer guarantees for future reductions in nuclear arsenals but would require Iran to reduce its uranium enrichment capabilities.

 

"If you don't need nuclear weapons, then why do you need fuel enriched to 60 percent? And if you want to show your commitment to not developing nuclear weapons, don't develop highly enriched fuel. This is a very important, fundamental question," Vance said.