Trump has previously said that, in addition to opening the Strait of Hormuz, the main requirement for an agreement with Iran is that the country not develop nuclear weapons.
"The guarantee that I have to get is that there will be no nuclear weapons. They have agreed to that, and that is very interesting," he said in an interview on Fox News, where he was interviewed by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump.
Tehran questions
But Tehran - whose stated line is that the country's nuclear energy program has only peaceful purposes - has previously questioned Trump's claims.
According to the pro-regime news agency Tasnim, there are ongoing exchanges between the countries over the text of proposed agreements, "and both parties regularly propose changes."
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on state television on Sunday that "until a clear result is reached ... everything being said now is speculation."
Chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, in turn, said that Tehran “trusts neither the enemy’s words nor its promises.”
At the same time, information came from the independent media company Iran International that Iranian President Pezeshkian had submitted a resignation letter on Sunday.
The media company claims that the president says he has been sidelined in the ongoing conflict and that Iran's Revolutionary Guard has managed to seize power in the political vacuum that has arisen.
The information has not been confirmed by other sources. London-based Iran International is partly financially supported by Iran's arch-enemy Saudi Arabia.
“No rush”
After Trump and his administration repeatedly claimed that a deal with Iran was imminent, he sharpened his tone in the Fox News interview.
"I'm in no hurry. Slowly but surely I think we'll get what we want and if we don't get what we want we'll reach an agreement in a different way," he said.
At the same time, several sources tell The New York Times and other American media that Trump has tightened his conditions for an agreement with Iran.
Iran demands the release of frozen assets before any talks about the country's nuclear energy program can be discussed and has insisted that the war in Lebanon also end.
Corrected: An earlier version contained incorrect information regarding Iran's frozen assets.
