President Donald Trump said Monday there are "very friendly negotiations" happening with Iran, even though Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Monday that the Iranian delegation has made no pleas or requests to continue negotiations and he said Iran rejected an American proposal.

“Right now, they're talking to us about making a deal,” Trump said during remarks in Michigan. “But if we didn't do it tough, there would be no talk.”

Trump repeated his statements that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

“We’re winning big time with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and we're ensuring that they never have a nuclear weapon,” he said. “When somebody comes up and says, ‘Why are we doing this?’ Just say, ‘Because we cannot let them have a nuclear weapon.’ It's very simple.”

-ABC News’ Michelle Stoddart

The Iranian Health Ministry said the last 12 days of strikes by the U.S. left 60 people dead and about 670 others injured.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Monday that the Iranian delegation has made no pleas or requests to continue negotiations and he said Iran rejected an American proposal.

President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. and Iranian representatives are meeting for renewed peace talks amid a lull in fighting, even though Iran continues to publicly insist it is not currently negotiating with the U.S.

"They want to meet, and we're meeting," Trump said. "We'll see what happens. There's a chance we could make a deal, but without what we did they wouldn't even be talking to us. They requested a meeting through their surrogates and directly, and we're meeting."

Trump also said he is not in a rush to reach a deal with Iran.

“I have plenty of time,” Trump told reporters when asked how much patience he had.

Asked whether he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are on the same page, Trump indicated that they mostly are. Trump said if Iran does not make a deal, the U.S. will "go back to the same thing."

"Yeah, for a little difference, but pretty close,” Trump said. “Yeah. Well, Iran took a beating over the last 14 days, and they asked us very nicely, 'Please stop, let's meet.' And that's where we are right now, let's see what happens. If we don't make a deal, we go back to the same thing.”

-ABC News’ Michelle Stoddart

President Donald Trump told Axios he is prepared to return to “very strong military action” in Iran if talks fail and that he’s not willing to give diplomacy “much time.”

"We are in very deep talks with Iran. If they don't work out, we will go back to very strong military action," Trump said in the interview.

Axios said it asked Trump how long he's willing to give diplomacy. Axios said Trump responded, "Not much time. Either it goes fast or not at all.”

Trump is reported as saying he paused the nearly two-week long-assault on Iran after “all of the people that deal with Iran asked me: ‘Don't fire.’”

-ABC News’ Fritz Farrow