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DUBAI\/WASHINGTON, April 29 – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Iran to ‘get smart soon’ and sign a deal, following days of \u200bdeadlock in efforts to end the conflict and a media report that the U.S. would extend its blockade of Iran’s ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a post on Truth \u200cSocial, Trump, who has said Iran can call if it wants to talk and has stressed repeatedly Tehran cannot have a nuclear weapon, said the country ‘couldn’t get its act together.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Wall Street Journal cited U.S. officials as saying the president had instructed aides to prepare for an extended blockade of Iran’s ports in a bid to force Tehran to capitulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials said that Trump had opted to continue squeezing Iran’s economy and \u200boil exports with the blockade as his other options – resuming bombing or walking away from the conflict – carried more risk, according to the WSJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“They don’t know \u200bhow to sign a nonnuclear deal. They’d better get smart soon!” Trump said in the post on Wednesday, without explaining what such a \u2060deal would entail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran wants some kind of U.S. acknowledgment of its right to enrich uranium for what it says are peaceful, civilian purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has a stockpile of roughly 440 \u200bkilograms (970 pounds) of uranium enriched to 60%, material that could be used for several nuclear weapons if further enriched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iranian officials said on Tuesday the country could withstand the blockade as it \u200bwas using alternative trade routes, and the Islamic Republic did not consider the war over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The conflict has killed thousands, thrown energy markets into turmoil and disrupted global trade routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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