June 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had not heard from Iranians that they were suspending talks with the Washington, but added that silence 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," Trump said in an interview with NBC News.
"It doesn't mean we're going to go and start dropping bombs all over there," Trump was quoted as saying. "We'll just go silent. We'll keep the blockade."
"I think I can wait as long as they want. They're losing a fortune."
The Iranian state news agency Tasnim reported earlier that Iran was halting indirect negotiations with the U.S. after Israel ordered its troops to push deeper into Lebanon, complicating diplomatic efforts to end three months of war.
Trump said the Iranians were better negotiators than fighters, but that he had not been informed that they were suspending talks.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
