AP �� Iran says if President Donald Trump wants to negotiate after pulling the United States out of the international deal meant to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, he�ll have to make the call.

Monday�s remarks by Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi came after Trump last week said that with the United States increasing sanctions on Iran, �at a certain point they�re going to call me and say �let�s make a deal,� and we�ll make a deal.�

Ghasemi says, however, �maybe someday he will call Tehran and ask for negotiations � this is more likely.�

If Trump calls, it�s not clear whether anyone will answer, with Iran�s top leadership rejecting talks with the U.S.

Other nations in the deal are negotiating with Iran to try and make it work without Washington.