Pakistan, May 17 -- United States President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Iran had "an interest in reaching an agreement" as negotiations over the country's nuclear programme and the ongoing conflict continued without resolution.

In a telephone interview with French broadcaster BFMTV, Trump said he was uncertain whether a deal would soon be reached.

"I have no idea. If they don't, they're going to have a very bad time. They have an interest in reaching an agreement," the American president told the BFMTV correspondent in the US.

Trump said that Washington could rapidly destroy Iranian infrastructure, while insisting he had not underestimated Tehran's resilience in the war.

"I didn't underestimate anything. We hit them unbelievabl...