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Officials from the U.S. and Iran appear to be nearing a deal to end the ongoing Middle East conflict, according to public statements from President Donald Trump and officials from both nations Saturday.
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A potential deal would come after a fragile, almost two-month ceasefire between the two nations and weeks of negotiations.
\u201cAn Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other Countries, as listed,\u201d Trump wrote in a Truth Social post<\/a> Saturday afternoon.
Trump wrote that he had a \u201cvery good call\u201d to discuss the agreement with Qatar\u2019s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Minister Ali al-Thawadi; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan; Pakistan\u2019s Field Marshal Asim Munir; King Abdullah II of Jordan; the United Arab Emirates\u2019 President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.
Two regional diplomats with knowledge of the talks confirmed to NBC News that Vice President JD Vance and Steve Witkoff were also on the call, that the call was positive and that good progress is being made.
Trump added in his post that he had a separate phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that \u201cwent very well.\u201d
\u201cFinal aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cIn addition to many other elements of the Agreement, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened.\u201d
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in India earlier on Saturday that \u201cthere may be news later today\u201d regarding Iran, though he didn\u2019t specify what the news might be.
Also on Saturday, Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told state media that \u201cwe are very far from and very close to an agreement.\u201d He added that the positions of the U.S. and Iran in negotiations \u201chave become closer, but not to the point of an agreement rather to the point where a solution may be possible.\u201d
The White House has not commented on the call or its contents.
But in a phone call Saturday with Axios<\/a>, the president resumed previous threats against Iran that have made the ongoing ceasefire tense at times. Trump told the news outlet there was a \u201c50\/50\u201d chance of making a \u201cgood\u201d deal or \u201cblow[ing] them to kingdom come.\u201d
Trump told the outlet that he would meet with Jared Kushner and Witkoff on Saturday and that he would likely make a decision by Sunday on whether to resume the war.
Baghaei told Iranian state media that the current plan was to draft a memorandum of understanding to end the war and then discussions would continue to finalize the agreement in a timeframe of 30 to 60 days. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., slammed the possibility of an extended ceasefire deal with Iran.
\u201cThe rumored 60-day ceasefire \u2014 with the belief that Iran will ever engage in good faith \u2014 would be a disaster. Everything accomplished by Operation Epic Fury would be for naught!\u201d Wicker, the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee wrote in a post on X<\/a>.
On Thursday, there appeared to be renewed energy<\/a> in ongoing negotiations, with Trump saying the two nations could reach a deal to end the war in just a few days.
Earlier in the week, Trump said he\u2019d called off a planned attack on Iran<\/a> after regional U.S. allies urged him to hold off because negotiations were moving in a positive direction.
Still, on Monday, the president warned<\/a> in a post on Truth Social that he\u2019d told U.S. military leaders \u201cto be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment\u2019s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached.\u201d
The war began in late February with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and has led to surging oil prices and threats of escalation, including Trump\u2019s statement in April that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight<\/a>.\u201d
The conflict has led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members and cost U.S. taxpayers over $25 billion<\/a>, per estimates from the Pentagon to U.S. lawmakers last month. Thousands of people have been killed across the region, including more than 3,000 in Iran, according to an official from the country.
Alexandra Marquez is a politics reporter for NBC News.
Keir Simmons is chief international correspondent for NBC News, based in Dubai.
Julie\u00a0Tsirkin is a\u00a0correspondent covering Capitol Hill and the White House.
Kyla Guilfoil is a breaking news reporter on the politics team for NBC News Digital.
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