President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday. Alex Brandon/AP
President Donald Trump has said the United States and Iran have held “productive conversations” over the weekend and that he will hold off military strikes against Iranian power and energy sites for five days.
Writing in all capital letters on Truth Social, Trump said he made the decision to postpone the threatened attacks based on the “tone and tenor” of the discussions.
“I AM PLEASE 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.
“BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WITCH (sic) 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,” he continued.
Trump had threatened to strike Iranian power plants by Monday evening if the country did not allow the Strait of Hormuz to reopen.
As of last week, Trump had said he wasn’t interested in pursuing a ceasefire with Iran.
Source: cnn
