US President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference after NATO summit in the Hague, Netherlands on June 25, 2025. Photo: VCG

The US and Iran will hold talks next week, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday while asserting that a nuclear agreement with Iran isn't needed because of the extent of damage US and Israeli strikes have done to Tehran's nuclear facilities, multiple media reports said.

Trump told reporters at the NATO summit in the Netherlands that US officials plan to meet with the Iranian officials next week but brushed off the idea that he was seeking a new nuclear deal with Tehran, Politico reported. "I don't think it's necessary," he said.

Trump added that his administration would be asking for the same type of commitments it sought in negotiations with Iran prior to recent heightened tensions in the Middle East, per CNN.

Earlier on Wednesday, an Iranian official questioned whether the US could be trusted after its weekend attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, Associated Press reported. 

According to AP, Iran has not acknowledged any talks taking place next week, though US Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff has said there has been direct and indirect communication between the countries.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei said Washington had "torpedoed diplomacy" with its attacks on nuclear sites, and that while Iran in principle was always open to talks, national security was the priority. 

"We have to make sure whether the other parties are really serious when they're talking about diplomacy, or is it again part of their tactics to make more problems for the region and for my country," Baghaei said.

Trump on Wednesday claimed the war actually ended when US forces struck Iranian nuclear sites, Anadolu Agency reported. "I think the war ended actually, when we hit the various nuclear sites with the planes," he said.

"We think it's over. I don't think they're going to be going back at each other," Trump said in the Hague, adding that both sides of Iran and Israel were "satisfied to go home," reported Anadolu Agency. 

However, Trump acknowledged uncertainty about lasting peace: "Can it start again? I guess someday it can. It could maybe start soon."

Global Times