Trump says Iran talks proceeding in ‘orderly and constructive manner’

President Donald Trump on Sunday said talks to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz are proceeding, but urged his negotiating team not to rush into a deal.

Trump’s comments on Truth Social are largely a continuation of the status quo from Saturday, when Trump said that a deal with Iran was “largely negotiated.” Trump said that “time is on our side” in the push to end the nearly three-month-old conflict that has whipsawed global energy markets and spiked gasoline prices in the U.S.

“The negotiations are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, and I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal in that time is on our side,” Trump said in the social media post. “Both sides must take their time and get it right. There can be no mistakes!”

The president said the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports would remain in effect until “an agreement is reached, certified, and signed.”

According to MS Now, the deal being negotiated would open the Strait of Hormuz, end the hostilities, unfreeze certain Iranian assets and guarantee further negotiations to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.

Trump said in the Truth Social post that Iran “must understand, however, that they cannot develop or procure a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb.”

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