Washington DC, June 10 -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said the United States wants a "meaningful" and "effective" deal with Iran amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.

Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump said, "We have the strongest military in the world. And I gave them (Iran) a break at the request of Pakistan... We stopped them from going to war with India. You would have had a nuclear war if it weren't for me. But they became friendly to me. They're close to Iran, and they work, and they still are working on trying to get them to do what's right. But we want a deal that's meaningful. We want a deal that works."

Trump further issued a strong warning over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, claiming that a nuclear-ar...