Trump hopes diplomatic efforts for nuclear deal with Iran will succeed

'But for that to happen, it must stop sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars'

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US President Donald Trump voiced hope yesterday that diplomatic efforts for a nuclear deal with Iran would succeed, after he held talks with Qatar's emir.

"I have a feeling it's going to work out," Trump said in Doha, following the resumption last month of negotiations with Iran seeking to reach a deal.

Trump urged vigorous enforcement of sanctions on Iran, even as he said he hoped to reach a negotiated agreement in nuclear talks.

"I want to make a deal with Iran. I want to do something, if it's possible," Trump told a summit of Gulf Arab leaders in Riyadh. "But for that to happen, it must stop sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars, and permanently and verifiably cease its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

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"I'm strongly urging all nations to join us in fully and totally enforcing the sanctions that I just placed on Iran," he said.