Trump says talks with Iran continue

June 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President ‌Donald Trump ​said ​on Monday that talks with Iran were ongoing, despite a report that Tehran had suspended indirect negotiations ‌with the United States to end hostilities.

"Talks are ⁠continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Trump ‌said in a Truth Social ‌post.

Iranian state news agency Tasnim reported earlier that Tehran was halting indirect negotiations with the U.S. after Israel ordered ​troops to push deeper into Lebanon.

In telephone interviews with news outlets after that report, Trump said he had ⁠not been told that Iran was suspending talks with Washington.

"They haven't informed us of ​that," Trump said in an interview with NBC News.

Trump said that silence between the two sides 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," he told NBC.

A suspension in negotiations ⁠would not mean the U.S. would start bombing Iran, Trump told the ​network, adding that the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place.

In a separate interview with CNBC, Trump had said he did ‌not mind if the talks were over.

"I don’t care if they’re over, honestly ... I couldn’t care ‌less," CNBC quoted him as saying.

Shortly after those media interviews ⁠were reported, Trump issued ‌his social media post ​saying talks with Iran were continuing.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya, Ryan Jones and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Doina ‌Chiacu)

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