# Trump says US and Iran have 'sort of' agreed terms on nuclear deal as talks continue
*Event date: 2025-05-15*
President Donald Trump said the United States and Iran had “sort of” agreed to terms on a nuclear deal, offering his clearest public signal yet that the talks were moving closer to an agreement.
Speaking at a business roundtable in Doha during a Gulf trip, Trump said discussions between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi were “very serious negotiations” and were continuing to progress. He framed the issue as a binary choice, saying Washington wanted to solve the Iran problem in an “intelligent” rather than “brutal” way.
The AP report made clear that Trump did not provide details of the emerging terms. But a top adviser to Iran's supreme leader, Ali Shamkhani, told NBC News that Tehran would be prepared to give up stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, limit enrichment to civilian levels and allow international inspectors to monitor the process if sanctions were lifted immediately.
That is not the same as a final agreement. On the same day, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reiterated that enrichment remains a fundamental right and a red line in talks. He said Iran would not concede that right either publicly or in negotiations.
Trump has repeatedly said the only condition that really matters is that Iran cannot acquire a nuclear weapon. He also warned during the same trip that military action against Iranian nuclear sites remained possible if diplomacy failed.
The reporting places the comments in a broader regional context. Trump was visiting Gulf states to emphasize economic partnership and to reject the interventionist record of earlier US policy in the Middle East. He addressed US troops at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, said his priority was ending conflicts rather than starting them, and later travelled to Abu Dhabi.
The remarks matter because they suggest movement, but not closure. Iran's position continues to hinge on keeping some form of uranium enrichment and securing sanction relief, while Trump is publicly insisting that Iran must not have a nuclear weapon and may face force if talks collapse.
For now, the political signal is more important than the technical details. Trump has said the sides are closer than before. Iran has said its core demands remain unchanged. The space between those positions is where any final deal would have to be written.
