President Donald Trump said Iran will face “something bad” if it doesn’t quickly accept a US proposal over its nuclear program, while officials in Tehran called the the US messaging “confusing and contradictory.

An Iranian official told CNN that recent indirect talks with the United States aimed at addressing Tehran’s nuclear program and lifting sanctions were “not genuine” from the American side and were likely designed from the outset as a “trap to draw the situation toward tension.

Iran and European powers held talks in Istanbul about Tehran’s nuclear negotiations with Washington, as US President Donald Trump warned “something bad” will happen if the Islamic republic does not quickly decide on a US proposal for a deal.