President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, Monday. EPA-Yonhap
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Monday that talks with Iran are in progress, stressing that the two sides are discussing the reopening of the crucial Strait of Hormuz "literally" by the following day, although Tehran earlier denied any plans for negotiations with Washington.
Trump made the remarks during a press availability at the White House, warning that the new round of negotiations would be the "last chance" for the Islamic Republic.
"(The talks with Iran) are going on right now," he said, claiming that for some reason, the Iranian side does not like saying they were in negotiations with the United States "even though they spent hours and hours together talking."
In a social media post earlier in the day, Trump criticized the Iranian leadership as "duplicitous" as they denied Tehran was in talks with Washington.
