US President Donald Trump has claimed that there have been “very positive, productive and constructive talks” with Iran over the past two days for a “complete and comprehensive resolution” to the Middle East conflict, and due to this progress, the United States has postponed attacks on Iranian power plants and energy facilities for five days. However, Iran has strongly denied all these claims, saying that there are no talks between the two countries.
Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social that he has instructed the War Department to stop all military strikes on Iran for five days, which will be conditional on the success of the ongoing negotiations. Later, in an interview with AFP, he said that “the situation is going very well with Iran.”
However, immediately after Trump’s statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that there had been no contact or talks between Tehran and Washington. According to Iran, these statements by the US president are an attempt to “bring down energy prices” and “buy time for their military plans.” After Trump’s announcement, oil prices in the global market fell and financial markets improved.
Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One in Palm Beach, Trump said that the US was taking a five-day break to see where the talks go. According to him, “If it goes in the right direction, we will resolve the issue, and if not, we will continue to bomb with full force.”
Trump also claimed that Iran could possibly agree to give up its nuclear program in exchange for peace. He said that the US was going to target Iran’s largest power plant, but the action was postponed due to the talks.
According to the US president, the two countries are discussing 15 points to end the war, with Iran giving up its nuclear weapons as the “first, second and third” points. He also said he wants to see “serious regime change”. Trump claimed that the US had spoken to “a high-ranking person” in Iran, but not the new supreme leader, and even said that “we don’t know if he’s alive or not”.
Despite Iran’s outright denial, Trump has maintained that the talks have been “very strong” and that there are “significant points of agreement” between the two countries.
On the other hand, Fars News, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, quoted an unnamed Iranian source as saying that “there was no direct or indirect contact” with Trump. According to the source, the US president decided to back down when he was informed that Iran’s targets could include “all the power plants in West Asia”.
Iran says that despite ongoing mediation efforts in the region, Tehran is not the party that started the war, so all requests should be sent to Washington. Iran has called all of Trump’s statements “baseless” and said that no negotiations are taking place.
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