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Is Iran schooling Trump in the art of the deal?

The US says a deal with Iran could be days away. But who will come out on top in the negotiations?

This week President Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have said negotiations with Iran are going well and suggested a deal could be days away. Iran has disputed this.

Donald Trump says he wants “a great deal for all or no deal at all” but leaked details of a possible plan have some wondering if one side might be coming out on top.

We speak to the BBC’s International Editor, Jeremy Bowen, and ask if this might be the week Donald Trump loses the art of the deal – and the perhaps the whole war – with Iran.

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Producers: Sam Chantarasak and Lucy Pawle

Digital Producer: Matt Pintus

Executive producer: James Shield

Studio Director: James Piper

Sound engineer: Travis Evans

Senior news editor: China Collins

Photo: An Iranian woman walks next to an anti-US mural in Tehran, Iran. (Credit: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/Shutterstock)

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