Trump told envoys not to travel to latest US-Iran ceasefire talks after Tehran's top diplomat leaves Pakistan

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Donald Trump says he told envoys not to travel to latest ceasefire talks after Tehran's top diplomat left Pakistan 

Peace talks stall before they even begin as both countries fail to come together in Islamabad on Saturday, putting the negotiations in a standstill. 

US President Donald Trump said the Iranians sent over a new peace proposal, but that it "could have been better," and rejected it.

"They gave us a paper that could have been better, and interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it, within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better," Trump said to reporters on Saturday before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington from Florida.

The President wouldn't offer specifics about what was in the latest proposal other than saying "they offered a lot." But he stressed that one of his conditions is that Iran "will not have a nuclear weapon."

Trump said he cancelled the latest rounds of negotiations with Iran after Tehran's top diplomat left Pakistan on Saturday, citing it was "a lot of travelling" and because his negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, "weren't meeting with the leader of the country."

Instead, Trump says the US will opt to continue talks via telephone and that Iran can "call us anytime they want."

Iran also said talks with the US would be indirect. 

The negotiations were meant to follow historic face-to-face talks earlier this month. Iranian officials have questioned US trustworthiness after US forces blockaded Iranian ports in response to Tehran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz. In its latest statement, the US military says blockade against Iran are to be continuously "fully implemented."