TRUMP: TEHRAN IS EAGER FOR DEAL WITH AMERICA

WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 10 /SRNA/ – US President Donald Trump said Tehran would like to reach a deal with the United States.

"I can tell you that Iran would love to make a deal, and we'll find out whether it happens," Trump told US media.

Earlier, the Arab broadcaster Al Arabiya reported that the United States and Iran could soon reach preliminary agreements on Tehran's nuclear program. These would come under a new Qatari-Pakistani initiative to limit uranium enrichment to 3.67 percent.

Washington has been demanding that Iran give up its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60 percent.

Al Arabiya said the possibility of bringing in a third country to cement the agreement on enrichment levels was being discussed. Terms for the return of International Atomic Energy Agency /IAEA/ inspectors were also being worked out, although the scope of their mandate had not yet been determined.

If a deal were reached, the United States could unfreeze between $6 billion and $9 billion in Iranian assets.

"The proposed initiative also includes the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of the naval blockade," the report said.