Trump ready to end Iran war without nuclear deal; Tehran's demands complicate exit: Report

Trump is willing to end the Iran war without a nuclear deal but exit strategy remains complicated, report US President Donald Trump has reportedly signalled to senior aides that he is willing to end the Iran war without securing a nuclear deal with Tehran. But Iran's new demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz have complicated the US president's efforts to find an exit from the conflict, Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.For weeks, Trump had been preparing to declare victory if Iran fully reopened the strategic waterway, according to US officials cited by the WSJ. The administration had increasingly focused on restoring commercial traffic through the strait after broader negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme proved difficult.But Tehran has now raised the price for reopening the waterway, demanding billions of dollars in US payments, the withdrawal of American forces from the region and an end to the US naval blockade, among other concessions, the report said.Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr said on Saturday that Tehran would require the US to permanently end the war, lift its naval blockade, withdraw its forces, end sanctions, r...