US extends pause on strikes to Iranian energy facilities for 10 days after Iran request: Trump
US President Donald Trump has said the US would pause the period of "Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days" to April 6.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, he added that the move came after a request from the Iranian government.
Trump also wrote that talks were "ongoing" and "going very well."
Over the weekend, Trump had said the US would bomb Iranian energy infrastructure if Tehran did not allow ships to transit through the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. He later delayed the ultimatum until Friday and has now extended the pause again.
Trump insists Iran is ‘begging’ to make a deal
US President Donald Trump said at the start of a Cabinet meeting on Thursday that he wanted to "set the record straight" that he isn't the one pushing for a deal on Iran.
"They're begging to make a deal, not me," Trump said.
Trump has often repeated his claim that Washington has the upper hand in the war against Iran. But Iranian officials have so far declined a ceasefire proposal backed by the Trump administration to end the war.
"Anybody would know they’re talking," Trump said. "They’re not fools, they’re very smart actually in a certain way. And they're great negotiators. I say they're lousy fighters, but they’re great negotiators."
Neither Trump nor anyone in his administration has specified who in the Iranian regime they are talking to, directly or through intermediaries.
Trump earlier in the day posted a string of messages on social media, including one in which he warned Iranian officials to get "serious soon" before "it is too late."
Iran has vowed to fight until "complete victory" and end the war on its own terms.
