As it happened: Donald Trump’s tour of the Middle East | US News

Donald Trump has doubled down on his warning to Iran over a nuclear deal.

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, the US president said Iran has his administration’s proposal and knows it needs to move quickly.

“They have a proposal, more importantly, they know they have to move quickly or something bad, something bad is going to happen,” he said.

It comes after he warned earlier that the situation will be done “nicely or not nicely” (see 9.37 post).

Trump claimed Iran had “sort of” agreed to the terms of a nuclear deal yesterday after reports that a top Tehran official said the country is prepared to make a number of concessions.

But Iran’s president rejected what Trump had to say, describing him as “naive for thinking he can come to our region, threaten us, and hope that we back down against his demands”.