India, April 20 -- Ahead of a second round of talks scheduled in Islamabad, Iran is yet to confirm whether it would be participating, even as the US has announced that its team of negotiators would be in Pakistan on Monday. Amid suspense over the future of these talks and a ceasefire that is soon set to expire, a report has claimed that Iranians are suspecting a trap in Trump's push for a deal.

Some Iranian officials suspect that Trump could be wanting to resume the war and his call for a deal could be a guise for a surprise US attack, Axios reported on Sunday, without naming any officials or elaborating further on the kind of threat Iranians suspect. Follow live updates on US-Iran war here.

The report comes amid anticipation over the n...