President Donald Trump said that peace negotiations with representatives from Iran were ongoing: “They want to make a deal so badly.”

Before the Iran war, US President Donald Trump’s Gulf Arab allies lobbied hard against strikes, fearing the attacks Tehran is now unleashing on them. As the war drags on, they fear a quick exit could leave them worse off than before it began.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a deal to end the Iran war is near, after Tehran dismissed his 15-point ceasefire plan and issued its own sweeping demands to stop fighting as it launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries.

During remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee, President Trump said that referring to Iran as a “war” is “maybe not a good thing to do,” explaining that “they don’t like the word war because you’re supposed to get approval.

President Donald Trump has touted progress in talks with Iran, and even said Iran sent a gift to the U.S. But Iran rejected the 15-point peace plan.

President Donald Trump’s surprising claim this week that talks with Iran were yielding great progress has only raised more confusion over a war whose goals were already unclear

Talks between the United States and Iran are ongoing – though both sides are describing things very differently. US President Donald Trump claimed Tehran wants to make a deal “so badly,” while Iran stressed that Washington’s desire for a deal is “an admission of defeat.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday afternoon that talks between Washington and Tehran are still ongoing. She warned that President Trump will "unleash hell" if a peace deal is not made.