Trump Says US Talks With Iran Ongoing After Drone Shootdown

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By Anthony Capaccio, Mia Gindis, Tyler Kendall, and Courtney McBride

February 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM UTC

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February 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM UTC

President Donald Trump reiterated that the US and Iran are maintaining diplomatic talks, even after an earlier skirmish in the Arabian Sea spooked oil markets amid heightened tensions between the two countries.

“We are negotiating with them right now” and “they’d like to do something,” Trump told reporters at the White House Tuesday. “They had a chance to do something a while ago and it didn’t work out, and we did Midnight Hammer,” he said, referring to the June US military strike in Iran.