Trump responds after Iranian state media denies talks with US

President Donald Trump responded to Iranian state media denying reports that Tehran was engaged in talks with the U.S. on Monday.

Trump spoke with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo on Monday morning, just after announcing "constructive" talks with Tehran. Bartiromo pressed Trump to explain why Iranian media denied that such talks were taking place.

"I just spoke with President Trump and he told me that Iran wants to make a deal badly," Bartiromo said. "He said that the talks have been ongoing. I said, how much longer will this conflict go on? He said...five days to halt or postpone strikes on the electrical infrastructure. It could happen sooner, he said. But I have put down five days."

"I asked him what his reaction is to Iranian state television, saying that there are no talks, and he said he's not sure what they are referring to because the most recent talks happened, in fact, last night with Steve Wycoff and Jared Kushner and their counterparts," she continued.