President Donald Trump said Monday the United States would pause “any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure” for five days as Tehran and Washington engage in diplomatic negotiations.
In a social media post, Trump wrote in all caps that the U.S. and Iran have had “very good and productive conversations” in the past two days and that the pause on planned strikes against energy infrastructure came as a direct result of the “in depth, detailed, and constructive conversations.” Trump added that the talks “will continue throughout the week.”
Trump later said that Iran had reached out to the U.S. to make a deal and that the countries were discussing the U.S.’s requests for Iran not to have nuclear weapons and not to have enriched uranium — though the president also said he couldn’t “guarantee” a deal would materialize.
“They want to make a deal. And we are very willing to make a deal. It’s got to be a good deal. And it’s got to be no more wars, no more nuclear weapons. They’re not going to have nuclear weapons anymore. They’re agreeing to that,” Trump said, speaking to reporters before he left Florida on Monday.
