India, June 12 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday said a peace agreement between the United States and Iran could be signed within days, while also claiming that the Strait of Hormuz has effectively been open for months.

Speaking to reporters when asked about the timeline for a peace deal, Trump suggested that the agreement could be finalised as early as this weekend or Monday, though he stopped short of setting a formal deadline. Follow LIVE updates here

"...The Strait is going to open immediately. This signing, maybe it'll happen on Saturday or Monday... We think it's going to go pretty quickly. I don't want to say a deadline, because if I say a deadline, you'll say, oh, he didn't meet the deadline... it's going to get signed. A...