U.S. President Donald Trump said the next negotiations between the United States and Iran could be held over the weekend.
On the 16th (local time), President Trump met with reporters at the White House and said, "There has been a lot of progress in negotiations with Iran and we are very close to a deal," adding, "I don't know if the 'two-week truce' agreed on the 7th needs to be extended."
The truce between the United States and Iran runs until the 21st, and the two sides held their first talks on the 11th in Islamabad, Pakistan. However, no substantive agreement was reached.
President Trump claimed that Iran had agreed not to possess nuclear weapons and had also agreed to hand over enriched uranium to the U.S. side.
He also said that regarding the 10-day truce that took effect under an agreement between Israel and Lebanon, the pro-Iran armed faction Hezbollah in Lebanon is included among the targets.
Earlier, the two countries halted hostilities starting at 6 a.m. on the 17th Korea Standard Time.