US 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 US 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 US ​would start bombing ​Iran, Trump ⁠told the network, adding that the US 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.