Trump ‘won’t withdraw troops from Iran even under ceasefire’

Donald Trump said he would keep troops in Iran until ‘completion’, insisting a deal between the two countries was ‘very close’ (Picture: NBC)

Donald Trump has suggested US troops will remain in Iran even if a deal is brokered, to destroy the nation’s highly enriched uranium resources.

The US president insisted both sides were ‘very close’ to an agreement and that Iran had conceded on nuclear weapons, but ‘a couple of points’ remained.

He said he had insisted on a clause being inserted to the pact preventing Iran from being able to ‘buy, pur...