President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S. and Iran could come to terms on an agreement to end the three-month-old war. Trump plans to dispatch Vice President JD Vance to the signing of the agreement.

Background

The war has been broadly unpopular with Americans and has rattled global oil markets. Trump has said on several occasions that he’s on the cusp of a deal without anything coming to fruition. A spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry told state television that mediators were active but nothing had been finalized to end the conflict.

Trump has threatened to escalate the conflict with more intense bombardment of Iran and by seizing control of Iran’s oil industry. The president’s threats followed back-and-forth strikes that had rendered a temporary ceasefire agreed to in early April all but meaningless.

Deal Details

Trump offered scant details about the settlement he says is taking shape, but told reporters that he believed the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, is ready to sign off on the deal. Trump is billing the deal as “very strong,” though he says it remains “a little conceptual,” and says it would ensure Iran is blocked from ever developing a nuclear weapon.

Original reporting: KTSA News/Talk (San Antonio) — read the source article.