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.

The comments from a member of the supreme leader’s inner circle appear to be the clearest public statements yet on Iran’s willingness to reach an agreement with the U.S.