In a telephone interview with the Bloomberg news agency on Monday, Trump also reiterated that the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will continue until a deal is reached with Iran.
He also commented on the many reported trips related to possible peace talks in Pakistan. Trump confirmed that Vice President J. D. Vance will travel to Pakistan, despite various reports about Vance's presence. US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are said to be in Islamabad.
No rush
President Trump also emphasized that there was no rush to reach a solution to the war in Iran.
"I'm not going to be rushed into a bad deal. We have all the time in the world," Trump told Bloomberg.
The messages from Tehran were also ambiguous. Two sources with insight told The New York Times that Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, is traveling to Islamabad, Pakistan, for talks - if J. D. Vance does too.
But signals about possible talks shifted. Several state-controlled Iranian media outlets reported on Monday morning that negotiations were unlikely in the near future.
Drone attack
"At the moment ... we have no plans for the next round of negotiations and no decisions have been made regarding this," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei at a press conference.
Iran fired drones at US warships on Monday morning, according to the state-run Tasnim news agency, in retaliation for Sunday's US shelling of an Iranian-flagged ship in the Gulf of Oman.
According to Trump, the Iranian ship attempted to bypass the blockade the US had established against Iran, which led to it being fired upon and subsequently seized by the US military.
