WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS/MOSCOW - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he wasn't thinking about extending the ceasefire with Iran.

In an interview with the ABC News, Trump said he didn't think it will be necessary to extend the truce.

Claiming that there are "amazing two days ahead," Trump said that he prefers a deal to end the war so that Iran could begin the rebuilding process.

"They (Iran) really do have a different regime now," he said. "We took out the radicals."

Earlier in the day, Trump told FOX News that the war against Iran is "very close" to completion, and that Iran wants to make a deal "very badly."

Also on Tuesday, Trump told The New York Post that another round of US-Iran talks "could be happening over next two days" in Pakistan.

A source with the Iranian embassy in Islamabad said that the coming rounds of peace talks between the US and Iran to end the war can come anytime and anywhere, but nothing is official as of now.

Face-to-face talks in Islamabad between US and Iranian delegations ended without an agreement over the weekend. Iran demanded a permanent regional ceasefire and sanctions relief, while the US insisted on verifiable nuclear disarmament and full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

UN chief: Resumption of talks probable

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that the resumption of talks between Washington and Tehran is highly probable.

"The indication we have is that it is highly probable that these talks will restart," Guterres told reporters at the UN Headquarters.

He said that he met with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday, without giving further details.

'Grand bargain'

US Vice-President JD Vance said Tuesday he will push for a "grand bargain" with Iran as he is expected to lead potential fresh in-person US-Iran talks, which Trump has said could happen this week in Pakistan.

All parties across the negotiation table in Islamabad "wanted to make a deal" in spite of decades of deep "mistrust" between the two countries, Vance said at an event in the southern US state of Georgia. He led the 21-hour talks with the Iranians in Pakistan on Saturday.

Trump "doesn't want to make like a small deal. He wants to make the grand bargain," Vance told the audience, adding that Trump's policy is that Iran "doesn't have a nuclear weapon."

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Blockade on vessels

The US military said on Tuesday that US forces have completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea in less than 36 hours since the blockade was implemented.

"In less than 36 hours since the blockade was implemented, US forces have completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea," US Central Command Commander Brad Cooper said in a post on social media X.

Eight oil tankers have obeyed direction from US forces to reverse courses since the start of the blockade on Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Monday following failed talks between Washington and Tehran in Islamabad over the weekend.

The US Central Command said Tuesday that more than 10,000 troops are executing the mission to blockade ships entering and departing Iranian ports, impartially targeting vessels of all nations.

Six merchant vessels have complied with the direction from US forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman, the command said on X.

"During the first 24 hours, no ships made it past the US blockade," it said, noting that over 10,000 sailors, marines and airmen, along with over a dozen warships and dozens of aircraft, are executing the blockade.

The blockade covers Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, it said.

US-made network equipment

Fars News Agency reported Tuesday that during a US attack on Iran's central Isfahan Province, a "significant" amount of US-made communications equipment in the country suddenly stopped working.

The report did not specify which attack it was referring to. However, a photo published with the report showed wreckage of an American aircraft destroyed during a US military operation earlier this month that was said to be aimed at rescuing the pilot of a downed fighter jet.

Citing field observations, the report said the equipment included products made by Cisco, Juniper Networks and Fortinet. It said the devices failed at the same time as the attack.

Ground operation

The United States and Israel may use peace talks to prepare for possible ground military action against Iran, Russian media reported Tuesday, citing the Russian Security Council.

According to reports by TASS news agency, the council said this could happen as the Pentagon continues to build up the US troop presence in the region.

The council warned that if US-Iran talks fail to achieve their intended goals, hostilities may resume with greater intensity after two weeks.