WASHINGTON (Reuters)
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States was having "good talks" with Iran and there was a chance of a deal over their conflict, but warned US strikes would resume if the negotiations failed to deliver.
Washington abruptly suspended a two-week campaign of air strikes against Iran on Saturday.
"We're talking right now," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. "We're having good talks... I think there's a good chance that something could happen, and if it does, good, if it doesn't, we go back to doing what we were doing two days ago."
OIL PRICES TUMBLE
The end of the US campaign after 13 successive nights of intensifying bombing and Trump's remarks on talks with Tehran sent oil prices tumbling.
Brent crude, which had briefly ticked above $100 a barrel last week for the first time since May, fell around 8.2% on Monday to just below $89, having fallen as low as $87.55.