Trump says US and Iranian officials will talk next week as ceasefire holds

Earlier in the day, an Iranian official questioned whether the United States could be trusted after its weekend attack

An Iranian flag hangs on a building in Tehran which was hit by an Israeli strike last week (Vahid Salemi/AP)

The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Wednesday while US president Donald Trump asserted that US and Iranian officials will talk next week, giving rise to cautious hope for longer-term peace even as Tehran insisted it will not give up its nuclear programme.

Mr Trump, who helped negotiate the ceasefire that took hold on Tuesday on the 12th day of the war, told reporters at a Nato summit that he was not particularly interested in restarting negotiations with Iran, insisting that US strikes had destroyed its nuclear programme.