Trump says he has not heard from Iran that they are suspending talks, NBC News reports

U.S. President Donald Trump said ​on Monday that ​he had not heard from ​Iranians that they were suspending talks with the Washington, but added that silence would be fine ‌and he ⁠was ⁠willing to wait.

"I think we've been talking ​too much if you want to know the truth. ​I think going silent would be very good, and that could be for ​a long time," Trump ⁠said in ‌an interview with NBC News.

"It ​doesn't ​mean we're going to go ⁠and start dropping bombs all over there," ​Trump was quoted as saying. "We'll ​just go silent. We'll keep the blockade."


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"I think I can wait as long as they want. They're losing a fortune."

The Iranian state news agency Tasnim ‌reported earlier that Iran was halting indirect negotiations with the U.S. ​after Israel ​ordered its ⁠troops to push deeper into Lebanon, complicating diplomatic efforts to end three months of war.

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Trump ​said the Iranians were better negotiators than fighters, but that he had not been informed that they were suspending talks.