India, May 20 -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned of hitting Iran "even harder" even as reports suggested a likely breakthrough soon on a peace deal between Washington and Tehran.

"We may have to hit Iran even harder, but maybe not," Trump said.

The remark comes even as a report in Al Arabiya said that efforts were ongoing to finalise the text of an agreement between US and Iran and its completion could be announced within the next few hours. Track updates on Iran-US conflict

Trump earlier said that talks with Iran were in the final stage, though he warned of more attacks if Tehran does not agree to a deal.

"We're in the final stages of Iran. We'll see what happens. Either have a deal or we're going to do some things that...