Watch: Trump says Kushner, Witkoff, Rubio and Vance are negotiating with Iran

President Donald Trump said while speaking at the White House on Tuesday that the United States is “in negotiations right now” with Iran, and that his envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner are participating in the talks, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance.

Watch Trump’s remarks in the video player above.

“We have a number of people doing this,” Trump said. “The other side, I can tell you, is that they want to make a deal.”

He watches: Trump says Iran wants to reach a “deal” to end the war, but the regime denies that talks and strikes are continuing

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf denied on Monday that Iran was negotiating with the United States to end the war.

Hours ago, Trump said that Iran wants to reach an agreement to end the war as it enters its fourth week.

Iran denied any high-level contacts with the White House and rejected Trump’s speech, describing it as a veiled attempt to manipulate tense global markets.

“No negotiations have taken place with the United States,” Ghalibaf wrote on X. “Fake news is being used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire into which the United States and Israel have fallen.”

Read more: Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf raised a possible US connection in the talks as the war raged

In a message on social media before markets opened, Trump said he was postponing for five days plans he announced over the weekend to bomb Iranian power plants unless Tehran opened the Strait of Hormuz by Monday evening.

The vital corridor for about 20% of the world’s crude oil was closed during the war, sending oil and gas prices soaring.

Trump explained that he decided to back off from targeting Iran’s critical infrastructure because Kushner and Witkoff had “very good” talks over the weekend with unnamed “respected” Iranian officials about ending hostilities.