US President Donald Trump said there was no agreement on a plan to move forward with Iran, following talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Nothing conclusive was achieved except that I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a deal can be reached," Trump said in a social media post after meeting with his Israeli counterpart on Wednesday.
Netanyahu sees a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat to Israel and has long sought regime change in the country.
What else do we know about the meeting?
Netanyahu and Trump spoke behind closed doors for more than two and a half hours in what Trump described as a "very good meeting," but said no major decisions were made.
Wednesday's meeting between the leaders was quieter than usual, as neither of them answered reporters' questions, as they have done in previous meetings.
"The Prime Minister emphasized the security needs of the State of Israel in the context of the negotiations, and the two agreed to continue close coordination and contact," Netanyahu's office said in a statement after the talks.
Netanyahu is pressing Washington to expand negotiations beyond Iran's nuclear program to include its ballistic missile arsenal and support for regional militant groups, Reuters reported, citing unidentified people close to the matter.
What is Iran's stance on Israel's demands?
The meeting followed indirect US-Iranian talks in Oman last week, which both sides described as constructive.
Iran has said it is willing to discuss limits on its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, but called negotiations over its missile capabilities "non-negotiable."
On Tuesday, Trump said in an interview that a deal with Iran must ensure "no nuclear weapons, no missiles."
"We took away nuclear power last time, and we'll have to see if we take away more this time," the US president said.
The US has been building up its military forces in the region for weeks to force Iran to reach a deal and to have the power needed to strike the Islamic Republic if Trump chooses to do so.
DW