New deal with Iran will be better than old one, says Trump

Washington: President Donald Trump said on Monday he believed a nuclear deal the US ⁠is currently negotiating with Iran will be better than a ⁠2015 international agreement to curb Tehran's nuclear ‌program. "The DEAL that ​we are making with Iran will be FAR BETTER than the JCPOA, commonly referred to as 'The Iran Nuclear Deal',” Trump wrote in a social media post ​after concerns expressed ⁠by Democrats and some nuclear experts that he is rushing negotiations on a highly complex topic.

During his first White House term, Trump in 2018 ⁠withdrew from the ‌Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed to by Iran, the United States and world ‌powers, calling it "the worst deal ever."

The United States and Israel ⁠began attacking Iran more than seven weeks ago in a conflict that Trump ‌has said aims to prevent Iran from ‌getting a nuclear weapon.

With a two-week ceasefire ‌set to expire in the coming days, prospects ‌for a second round of talks between the US and Iran in Pakistan were not clear.

"I am under no ⁠pressure whatsoever, ⁠although, it will all happen, relatively quickly!" Trump added in a Truth Social post.

It is currently unclear what kind of deal could be credibly agreed to by the United States and Iran in a short amount of time. The 2015 agreement, ​which also involved France, Germany, China, Britain and ​Russia, took two years ​to negotiate and involved some 200 specialists spanning nuclear physics, sanctions, finance ​and law.