United States President, Donald Trump has said he is not seeking war with Tehran and indicated he was ready to defuse tensions by reaching a deal to bolster Iran’s wobbling economy.

While Trump said he would impose further sanctions on Monday aimed at stopping the country from obtaining nuclear weapons, he however left the door open to negotiations aimed at reaching a settlement.

The overtures from the White House are coming after it was confirmed that the US had launched a cyber attack against Iranian military computer systems.

Mr. Trump had earlier said he pulled out of airstrikes in retaliation for Iran’s downing of an unmanned US drone because it would have killed 150 people.

The cyber attacks, planned by the US Cyber Command over weeks during escalating tensions between the two countries are believed disabled Iranian intelligence systems which controlled its rocket and missile launchers.

Tensions between the two countries have risen since last year after the US pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers and reinstated sanctions.

“We will call it ‘let’s make Iran great again’. I’m not looking for war. I think they want to negotiate. And I think they want to make a deal. I don’t think they like the position they’re in. Their economy is absolutely broken,” Trump said.