Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said, "We're in negotiations right now" over Iran, but would not provide details.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday described what has happened in Iran since the start of the war as a "regime change."
"We have, really, a regime change," the president said. "You know, this is a change in the regime, because the leaders are all very different than the ones we started off with that created all these problems."
He also said that the United States was talking to "the right people" in Iran in order to reach an agreement to end hostilities.
"We're actually talking to the right people, and they want to make a deal so badly, you have no idea how badly they want to make a deal," Trump said of the Iranians.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said "we're in negotiations right now" over Iran but would not provide details, particularly on whether US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were scheduled to meet this week.
Trump says Iran made a major energy-related gift to the US
Trump also said that Iran had made a major energy-related concession to the United States, calling it a positive development, though he did not provide details.
Trump suggested the gift was related to the Strait of Hormuz, the oil transit waterway that the United States has struggled to keep open.
"They gave us a present and the present arrived today, and it was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
"It wasn't nuclear, it was oil-and gas-related, and it was a very nice thing they did."
Trump had suggested that the US may share control of the Strait of Hormuz with Iran on Monday, while also suggesting that regime change had already happened.
Trump, reiterating that he felt the United States had already won the war, said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was disappointed with how quickly the campaign had progressed.
"Pete didn't want it to be settled," he said, but did not give details.
Trump also stated that Iran had agreed not to have any nuclear weapons in the future, adding that their military capabilities had been completely destroyed during the war.
"There won’t be any nuclear weapons. Iran has agreed to that. We’re in a good bargaining position. We’re way ahead of schedule and they have no navy, air force, or missile protection. Most of their launches we’ve killed."
Hegseth stated that it was the War Department's responsibility to ensure that the US achieved its goals in Iran negotiations through the use of force.
"We see ourselves a part of this negotiation as well. We negotiate with bombs," Hegseth said. "You have a choice... about your future. The president has made it clear that you will not have a nuclear weapon, the War Department agrees... and so we're keeping our hand on that throttle."
Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.