WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday announced a landmark deal with Saudi Arabia that would establish a civilian nuclear program in the Gulf country, with Washington insisting the agreement includes nonproliferation safeguards. The move comes as the United States under President Donald Trump fights a war with Iran that began in large part over concerns with Tehran's nuclear program — an issue that remains a key point of contention during now-stalled peace talks. Two agreements — one on "peaceful nuclear cooperation" and another on "bilateral safeguards" — were signed by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and his Saudi counterpart Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the U.S. Energy Department said. The text of the deals was not immediately made public. "Together, these two agreements lay the legal foundation for a decades-long, multi-billion-dollar partnership that advances several priority economic and strategic objectives, including nuclear nonproliferation," the department said in a statement. A provision in the deal would potentially see U.S. companies build a uranium enrichmen