\u2018I have no time schedule,\u2019 Trump says when asked when he expects Iran to return to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n
United States President Donald Trump told Al Jazeera he has \u201cno time schedule\u201d for when he expects Iran<\/a> to return to the negotiating table to end the conflict the US began months ago.<\/p>\n \u201cI have no time schedule, none. I\u2019m not in a hurry. I have no time schedule at all,\u201d Trump told Al Jazeera\u2019s Tanya Noury on Wednesday, after he was asked how much time he was giving Iran to return to talks.<\/p>\n Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n \u201cWe are winning very big,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey\u2019ve got massive inflation, their economy is falling apart, they\u2019re treating their people very badly, they are killing many, many protesters. I have no time schedule; whatever it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked whether economic measures were more effective than military strikes, Trump told Al Jazeera, \u201cI think they are both effective.\u201d<\/p>\n This Friday marks six months since the US war on Iran began.<\/p>\n The comments depart from previous statements by the US president. After launching the war on February 28, Trump went on to repeatedly downplay how long the conflict would last, saying at one point it would be over in \u201cfour to six\u201d weeks.<\/p>\n In June, the US and Iran signed a 60-day memorandum of understanding that was supposed to deal with issues like transit through the Strait of Hormuz, lifting sanctions on Iran and starting talks on how to deal with Tehran\u2019s nuclear programme. That agreement expired earlier this month.<\/p>\n Enhanced sanctions to bring Iran back to talks<\/p>\n On Monday, the US announced enhanced sanctions on Iran and 60 entities in various countries doing business with the country, in what officials have called an \u201ceconomic D-Day\u201d and the administration has dubbed \u201cOperation Economic Outcast<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n In response to the announcement of the new sanctions, Iran\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the latest US sanctions as a threat to international law and the United Nations charter, saying in a statement that \u201cthe issue is no longer limited to Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo honorable state that values its sovereignty and national interests will accept the normalization of such gross lawlessness and systematic bullying,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n