U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the signing ceremony for an executive order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Mar. 31. Reuters-YonhapWASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that peace talks with Iran are "continuing at a rapid pace," following reports that Tehran suspended negotiations with the United States in protest over Israel's intensifying attacks in Lebanon.Trump made the remarks in a social media post, saying that Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group will not attack each other, citing his separate phone talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hezbollah representatives.Hours earlier, The Washington Post and other media outlets said that Tehran suspended negotiations with Washington due to Israeli strikes targeting the Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, complicating efforts to negotiate a peace deal to end the Middle East war."Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Trump wrote on Truth Social.In a separate post, he explained his talks with the Israeli prime minister and Hezbollah officials."I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back," he said."Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel."Reports of the suspension of the talks came amid renewed tensions, with the U.S. conducting "self-defense" strikes on Iranian radar and command sites over the weekend, and Iran firing missiles at U.S. troops in Kuwait.In an interview with NBC News, Trump said that he had not been informed of the suspension decision in advance, saying that it "doesn't mean we're going to go and start dropping bombs all over there.""If they don't want to talk, that's okay with me," Trump told the broadcaster. "I think it's fine. I don't particularly want to talk either. We talk too much."Last week, expectations rose that Washington and Tehran were inching closer to finalizing a memorandum of understanding (MOU), a framework that would reportedly extend their ceasefire for 60 days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and continue negotiations over Iran's nuclear program in a second phase.But Trump reportedly toughened the terms of the MOU and sent a revised version back to the Islamic Republic.The Trump administration has stressed that a peace deal with Iran should meet the president's "redline" demands that Iran commit not to pursue nuclear weapons, turn over its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.In another social media post on Monday, Trump reiterated that he would seek a "good" deal."Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us," Trump wrote on Truth Social.He then criticized those critical of his administration's peace talks with the Islamic Republic."But don't the Dumocrats, and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate, when political hacks keep negatively 'chirping,' at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever," he said."Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end -- It always does!"