The US president has claimed Tehran begged for more time and he granted the “request”
US President Donald Trump has walked back from his vow to resume strikes on the Islamic Republic’s power facilities and extended the deadline for another 10 days, claiming that talks with Tehran “are going very well.”
Trump initially threatened last Saturday to “obliterate” Iran’s power network if it does not reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz to international shipping. After Tehran warned it will retaliate against the entire regional energy infrastructure, Trump on Monday postponed his threat for five days.
“As per the Iranian Government’s request, please let this statement serve to represent that I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction until Monday, April 6,” he wrote in a Truth Social post on Thursday.
However, mediators who were passing messages between Washington and Tehran claimed that Iran has not requested any pause to US strikes on its energy sites, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Tehran has denied holding direct talks with Washington while Trump claimed that the Iranian leadership is desperate to reach a deal but fears retribution from its own people if it publicly admits so.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who was reportedly “temporarily” removed from the US-Israeli kill list for Washington to have someone to talk to, has insisted that receiving messages does not constitute “talks.”
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