'Now there are only two ways left...', Trump warns Iran amid the ongoing deadlock on the nuclear deal

Talks between the US and Iran regarding a nuclear deal seem to be happening. However, US President Donald Trump has also warned Iran. He said in a statement that the US has come very close to making a nuclear deal with Iran and Tehran has agreed to the terms to some extent.

In fact, news agency Reuters reported that according to AFP's shared pool report, Trump said on a visit to the Gulf that we are in very serious talks with Iran for long-term peace.

What did the US President say?

Trump said that we are probably getting close to making an agreement without doing so. There are only two options left to do this, one is a very good step and the other is a violent step, but I do not want to do it the other way.

Hope for US-Iran nuclear deal rises

An Iranian source familiar with the conversation told news agency Reuters that there are still some shortcomings in the talks with the United States. Oil prices fell by nearly $2 on Thursday on expectations of a US-Iran nuclear deal that could result in the easing of sanctions.

Talks between Iranian and US negotiators to resolve disputes over Iran's nuclear programme ended in Oman on Sunday and further talks are planned, officials said, as Tehran publicly insisted on continuing its uranium enrichment.

US proposes fourth round of talks

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is reported to have proposed a nuclear deal to Iran during a fourth round of talks on Sunday, a US official and two other sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Axios.

While both Iran and the US have said they prefer diplomacy to resolve the decades-old nuclear dispute, they remain divided over several red lines that negotiators must circumvent to reach a new deal and prevent future military action.