Trump says he may go to Islamabad if Iran deal reached

By Humeyra Pamuk

WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that if a deal with Iran to conclude the war is reached and signed in Islamabad, he might go, and that Iran has agreed to almost everything.

Trump struck an optimistic tone about Iran as he spoke with reporters on the White House lawn on his way to a trip to Nevada and Arizona. He said he could extend a U.S.-Iran ceasefire set to expire next week, but may not need to do so.

“If a deal is signed in Islamabad I may go,” Trump said. “They want me.”

He also said without providing evidence that Iran has agreed to give up the enriched uranium believed buried from U.S.-Israeli airstrikes last year. Trump is pushing for a deal with Iran in which Tehran would give up its nuclear program.

(Reporting by Humerya Pamuk and Steve Holland. writing by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Caitlin Webber)