Trump says he may visit Pakistan if Iran deal signed in Islamabad

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he may visit Pakistan if a deal with Iran is reached and signed in Islamabad, adding that negotiations are close to an agreement. “I would go to Pakistan! Pakistan has been great. They've been so good. I might go if the deal is signed in Islamabad, I might go. The field marshal has been great. The Prime Minister has been really great in Pakistan,” Trump said. > View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nukta Pakistan (@nukta.pakistan) > He added that Iran has agreed to hand over its stockpile of enriched uranium and that both sides were nearing a deal to end six weeks of conflict. “They've agreed to give us back the nuclear dust,” Trump told reporters at the White House, using his term for enriched uranium. “There's a very good chance we're going to make a deal.” The remarks came hours after Washington warned it could resume airstrikes and maintain a naval blockade if Tehran rejects a proposed agreement. “If Iran chooses poorly, then they will have a blockade and bombs dropping on infrastructure, power and energy,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a Pentagon news conference. Earlier, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said further talks would “very likely” take place in Islamabad. “Those discussions are being had, and we feel good about the prospects of a deal,” she said. Diplomatic efforts are ongoing, with Pakistan playing a mediating role. The chief of Pakistan’s army, Syed Asim Munir, visited Tehran and met Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Iran’s delegation at the first round of talks in Pakistan last week, which ended without agreement. Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi said no date had been set for the next round. “Our role as a mediator and facilitator did not stop when the Islamabad talks, this last round, concluded – it continued,” he said. U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who led the initial talks, has said Iran is being offered a “grand bargain” to end the conflict with the United States and Israel and resolve long-running disputes over its nuclear program.