Iran live updates: US shoots down 2 Iranian drones attempting to strike ships in Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said that the U.S. is going to be attacking Iran "very hard, resuming bombing" on Wednesday, during remarks at the White House.

"Based on the helicopter, I guess we have the right to do," Trump said.

Trump said there was a bomb lodged in the helicopter that went down in the Middle East earlier this week that didn't explode.

"It was on fire, but it didn't explode. Those two [pilots], they knew how to fly, but they got very lucky," Trump said.

President Donald Trump promised more attacks against Iran on Wednesday saying the two sides were "really close to a deal, but they keep tapping us along, they keep playing us for suckers."

"We have the strongest military anywhere in the world, and sometimes you'll have to use it," Trump said.

"Iran very simply cannot have a nuclear weapon and they won't," he said.

President Donald Trump criticized media coverage of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports in a post to social media on Wednesday, describing the measure as "the most successful Blockade in the history of Naval Warfare."

"NOTHING GETS THROUGH unless we want it to. IT IS A STEEL WALL! Iran is doing ZERO business, not paying their military, or any of their bills, and quickly becoming a FAILED NATION! Lots of oil is getting out. Praise be to Allah!" Trump wrote.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that the "neither war nor peace" situation must be resolved, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

Pezeshkian said that state television occasionally broadcasts remarks of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei saying that Iran would not negotiate with the U.S., while the late leader had approved the talks to continue.

Pezeshkian added that in later discussions the former leader had emphasized the need to resolve the "neither war nor peace" situation.

"The children of this country should be able to live with hope and a clear vision of the future. The government must fulfill its responsibility by creating the necessary plans to empower the younger generation to build the country's future," he said.

-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian