U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an Invest America Roundtable in the State Dining room, at the White House, in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said Tehran was a tough negotiator as talks continued for a nuclear deal, and said he discussed Iran among other topics with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.

"We're doing a lot of work on Iran right now," Trump said at an economic event at the White House. "It's tough ... They're great negotiators."

Netanyahu said he spoke with Trump and the president told him talks would continue at the end of the week, a statement from the Israeli prime minister's office said.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; writing by Susan Heavey; Editing by Leslie Adler and Chris Reese)