Washington, Oct. 1 -- United States President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that based on preliminary information available to him, the flydubai co-pilot is linked to Iran, though officials are still actively investigating the matter, Fox News reported.

Speaking to a Fox News reporter while boarding Marine One, Trump was asked whether he had been briefed on a potential Iranian connection to the co-pilot.

"I would say the answer, based on what I'm hearing, is yes, but we're working on it right now," Trump said.

When specifically asked whether Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had placed the co-pilot there or if the individual had been radicalised through another route, Trump remarked, "It could have been," as ...