Iran deal a ‘total and complete victory’ for US: Trump

URANIUM “TAKEN CARE OF”

The fate of Iran’s store of enriched uranium is another key question, after a war that the US president said was partially aimed at ensuring Iran could never get a nuclear weapon.

But Trump insisted that the nuclear material would be covered by any peace deal.

“That will be perfectly taken care of, or I wouldn’t have settled,” Trump said, without giving any specifics about what would happen to the uranium.

The ceasefire deal came after more than a month of destructive attacks by the US and Israel, and followed mediation by Pakistan.

Trump said that he believed China had played a role in getting Iran to the negotiating table.

“I hear yes,” Trump said when asked if Beijing was involved in getting key ally Tehran to negotiate on a truce.

The US president is due to travel to Beijing in mid-May to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, in a crucial summit between the two superpowers.

The trip was originally scheduled for early April but Trump postponed it, saying he had to stay in Washington to oversee the Iran war.

Beijing is a close partner of Tehran and the main buyer of Iranian oil, most of which passes through the strait.

But it also has strong economic ties to the Gulf countries and has repeatedly criticised attacks on them by Iran.