WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump planned to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, two White House officials said.

The call comes as Trump has been trying to accelerate aid into Gaza and to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear program.

Trump has occasionally expressed frustration with Netanyahu. Last week, he said he had warned Netanyahu not to take actions that could disrupt nuclear talks with Iran.

“I told him this would be inappropriate to do right now because we’re very close to a solution now,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “That could change at any moment.”

Iran will soon hand a counter-proposal for a nuclear deal to the United States via Oman, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday, in response to a U.S. offer that Tehran deemed “unacceptable.”

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(Reporting By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal; Editing by Bernadette Baum)