Trump: Iran deal to be signed on Sunday, Hormuz to reopen

US President Donald Trump said a long-awaited deal to end the war in the Middle East is scheduled to be signed on Sunday, paving the way for the opening of the strategic Strait of Hormuz. “The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform on Saturday. Trump’s statement, however, ran counter to Iran’s foreign ministry, which indicated earlier in the day that the deal would not be signed on Sunday, according to state media reports. In his post, Trump also indicated the United States would take possession of and destroy Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium. “At the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust, buried deep under the powerful sunken granite mountains, thanks to our beautiful B-2 Bombers and their brilliant pilots, and downblend and destroy it, whether in Iran, or the United States,” Trump said. “We look forward to working with Iran, and the entire Middle East, long into the future.” But Trump’s post also contained a warning to the Islamic Republic to fully implement the plan or face serious consequences. “Hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly,” the US president wrote. “If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again!” Throughout the negotiations, Iran has insisted on its right to enrich uranium. E-​signing ​expected ⁠within 24 ​hours Earlier on Saturday, Prime Minister Shehbaz ​Sharif said that the United States and ​Iran have ​agreed to a framework ⁠for a ​peace deal that ​would end the months-long conflict in the Middle ​East, with ​a final text of ‌the ⁠deal reached. Pakistan is now preparing for an electronic ​signing ​expected ⁠within the...