Iran making very big concessions, agreeing to everything I want: Trump

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Washington: President Donald Trump said Iran was making “very big concessions” in negotiations with the US, expressing confidence that talks were progressing while warning that Washington remained prepared to use military force if necessary.

Speaking to reporters before and after meetings at the Capitol and later during talks with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) at the White House, Trump adopted an optimistic tone about diplomacy with Tehran but reiterated the military option remained available. “Iran is making very big concessions. We’ll see what happens, but it’s been very, very, very powerful and it’s going very, very well,” Trump said.

He said Tehran was continuing to accommodate US demands. “Iran is being very nice. They're agreeing to everything that I want, and they have to. Otherwise, we just go back and do what we have to do.” During his Oval Office meeting with Rutte, Trump expressed confidence about the negotiations and ruled out any future pact that would allow Iran to impose charges on the strait transit. “It would be unacceptable to me,” he said. “I wouldn’t allow it there either.”

Rutte backed Trump’s Iran policy, saying the objective remained preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. “I want to make clear how important it is, what you are doing on Iran,” Rutte said. 

He dubbed Iran “a country which is exporting chaos” and “exporting terrorism”, adding, it “was very near to getting its hands on the nuclear capability”. “Iran having its hands on the nuclear capability would be a danger to the world, particularly the region, Israel and Europe, but the world.”

Rutte credited Trump with driving sharp rise in defence spending across alliance, saying European allies and Canada were investing billions of dollars more in security while creating thousands of jobs in US. —IANS