President Donald Trump said Friday that Washington and Iran are “fairly close” to reaching a nuclear deal, but Tehran warned that his threats of blowing up nuclear facilities and imposing sanctions will not bring the countries to an agreement. 

“I think we have a chance of making a deal with Iran,” the president told reporters in the White House, reports The Times of Israel Saturday. “They don’t want to be blown up. They would rather make a deal, and I think that could happen in the not-too-distant future.”

He also repeated his threats that the United States could “blow up” nuclear laboratories in Iran, even with an agreement. 

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