New Delhi, May 29 -- US President Donald Trump said he would make a final decision on Friday over a deal with Iran to extend their ceasefire. "I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination," he said, referring to the White House's nerve centre for monitoring global crises.

Taking to Truth Social, Trump outlined six rigid, unyielding terms under which the US is prepared to permanently lift its "amazing" naval blockade and orchestrate the highly complex excavation and destruction of Iran's deeply buried enriched nuclear materials.

Trump made it clear that any comprehensive settlement hinges on Tehran permanently relinquishing its nuclear weapons ambitions, alongside the immediate, unconditional opening of the...