{"id":29159,"date":"2026-04-17T23:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/17\/trump-assures-afp-iran-deal-faces-no-hurdles\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T23:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:18:42","slug":"trump-assures-afp-iran-deal-faces-no-hurdles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/17\/trump-assures-afp-iran-deal-faces-no-hurdles\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Assures AFP: Iran Deal Faces No Hurdles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>President Trump Optimistic About Iran Peace Deal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington:<\/strong> President Donald Trump expressed confidence on Friday that a peace agreement with Iran is nearly within reach, stating there are \u201cno sticking points\u201d left to resolve. In a brief phone conversation with AFP, he mentioned that this deal could benefit everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s remarks followed his recent social media updates highlighting progress in re-opening the Strait of Hormuz and addressing Iran&#8217;s nuclear program. \u201cWe\u2019re very close. Looks like it\u2019s going to be very good for everybody. And we\u2019re very close to having a deal,\u201d he said from Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>He further noted, &#8220;The strait\u2019s going to be open; it already is open. And things are going very well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, the initial round of talks between the US and Iran in Pakistan did not result in an agreement, but Trump indicated that a second round of negotiations could take place soon. He reiterated that the primary requirement from the US side is for Iran to ensure it cannot develop nuclear weapons, adding that Iran had agreed to hand over its enriched uranium stockpile.<\/p>\n<p>When queried about any remaining issues that could hinder an agreement, Trump stated, \u201cNo sticking points at all.\u201d He clarified that he prefers to have a formal deal documented before making any public announcements. &#8220;I don\u2019t do that; I get it in writing,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump Optimistic About Iran Peace Deal Washington: President Donald Trump expressed confidence on Friday that a peace agreement with Iran is nearly within reach, stating there are \u201cno sticking points\u201d left to resolve. In a brief phone conversation with AFP, he mentioned that this deal could benefit everyone involved. Trump&#8217;s remarks followed his recent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[300,3131,15914,36512,37825,15979,33555,6599],"class_list":["post-29159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-iran-israel-war","tag-iran-us-ceasefire","tag-irans-nuclear-program","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-us-iran-talks","tag-us-president-donald-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}