In a major breakthrough amid the ongoing war between the United States and Iran, the US President Donald Trump announced Monday that both the countries have been in talks over the past two days and that the US has agreed to pause attacks on Iranian energy sites for five days.
He described the discussions between the two countries, who have been engaged in a war for over three weeks, as “very good and productive” and without giving out much details, he said that the two sides talked about "a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East."
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“I am pleased to report that the United States of America, and the country of Iran, have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social in his signature all-caps style.
He then again described the conversations as “in-depth, detailed, and constructive” and said that they will continue throughout the week.
Trump pauses strikes on Iran's energy infra for five days
{{/usCountry}}He then again described the conversations as “in-depth, detailed, and constructive” and said that they will continue throughout the week.
Trump pauses strikes on Iran's energy infra for five days
{{/usCountry}}The US President said that based on the “tenor” and “tone” of the talks, he has instructed his Department of War to “postpone” any attack on the power plants and energy infrastructure of Iran for five days.
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“Based on the tenor and tone of these in-depth, detailed, and constructive conversations, which will continue throughout the week, I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” he wrote.
‘We want to talk to them’
While the fresh move by the US President came without much anticipation as both the sides had shown no signs of de-escalation till recently, Trump on Friday had expressed willingness to engage in talks with Tehran.
After much of Iran's leadership was killed in the current war, Trump said on Friday, “Nobody wants to be a leader over there anymore. We’re having a hard time. We want to talk to them, and there’s nobody to talk to… And you know what? We like it that way.”
Meanwhile, according to a report by Bloomberg published before Trump's latest Truth Social post, citing a person involved in direct, high-level contacts in Tehran, that the officials there were not willing to even discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a key maritime trade route that controls a large chunk of the world's oil trade.
Iran says Trump ‘retreated’ after warning
Terming Trump's announcement as “retreat”, the Iranian Embassy in Afghanistan said that the US President “backed down” after Iran's threat.
Iran threatened that if the US attacks Iran's energy infrastructure, the former will target the enegy infrastructure of the entire region.
“After the Islamic Republic threatened that in the event of any U.S. attack on Iran's energy infrastructure, it would target the energy infrastructure of the entire region, Trump backed down and stated that he had issued an order to postpone the attack,” the embassy said in a post on X.