Trump Says US-Iran Talks Could Yield Results This Weekend

US President Donald Trump has said that talks with Iran are going “very well”, and could yield results this weekend.

“I’m hearing that the negotiations are going very well,” Trump told reporters. He also added about the potential deal. “It could happen… by the weekend,” he said, as quoted by news agency AFP, Thursday (4/6/2026).

Trump’s comments contrast with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who said that communication channels with the United States remain open, but “no real progress” has been made in negotiations to end the war in the Middle East.

Trump also said he wants to separate US-Iran talks from talks about the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

“I want to separate it, I want to have it separate, because it is separate,” said Trump.

“We’ve actually been talking to Hezbollah for the first time,” said the US president about efforts to stop the fighting in Lebanon.

“They agreed yesterday that they wouldn’t shoot, Israel wouldn’t shoot, we’d just watch,” Trump said.

Previously, US authorities said they had shot down an Iranian drone and carried out an attack on an Iranian ground control station. Meanwhile, Iranian forces launched drones and missiles at several neighboring countries in the Gulf.

Trump downplayed the exchange of fire, saying: “It’s a different part of the world, you know. I would say in that part of the world, a ceasefire is when you shoot in a more moderate way.”

“There’s a reason for everything, and we hit them pretty hard the night before, and actually last night,” Trump said about Iran, adding: “When it was explained to me, I said, ‘okay.’”

A ceasefire has been in effect between the US and Iran since early April, while a ceasefire in Lebanon took effect in mid-month.

However, clashes between the various parties involved in the conflict continue.

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