President Donald Trump extended his deadline for striking Iranian power plants as pressure mounts over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump says discussions will continue throughout the week as the war continues.
President Donald Trump announced Monday "productive conversations" with Iran and the postponement of a deadline for the country to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.Trump’s post on his Truth Social platform Monday said he would hold off on strikes for five days amid talks with Iran, roughly 12 hours ahead of the previous deadline he had set.
Trump's approach has shifted from diplomatic efforts to secure the waterway, to considering sanctions relief, and now to issuing direct threats against civilian infrastructure inside the Islamic Republic.Trump and his allies maintain they anticipated the possibility of Iran blocking the strait. However, the president’s erratic strategy has drawn criticism from those who argue he entered the conflict without a clear exit plan and is now scrambling for solutions. On Saturday, he issued his latest ultimatum: reopen the strait within 48 hours or face the destruction of Iran’s power plants.Trump warned that the United States would "obliterate" Iran’s power grid if the waterway is not fully reopened within that timeframe. In response, Tehran said any such strike would trigger retaliatory attacks against U.S. and Israeli energy and infrastructure targets across the region.The Associated Press reported Monday that the death toll from the Iran war has soared to over 1,500 people in Iran, more than 1,000 people in Lebanon, 15 in Israel and 13 U.S. military members, and civilians on land and sea in the Gulf region. Millions of people in Lebanon and Iran have been displaced.Here's the latest on the war with Iran on Monday: 8:45 a.m. ET: "Remarks by the U.S. president are part of efforts to reduce energy prices and buy time to implement his military plans," the Associated Press reported, citing the newspaper."While there have been initiatives by regional countries to de-escalate tensions, Iran’s response has been clear: It did not start the war and all such requests should be directed to Washington."7:55 a.m. ET: The Associated Press reported that Iranian state television offered Tehran’s first reaction to President Donald Trump’s decision to extend a deadline for reopening the Strait of Hormuz by five days.The deadline should have been around 0000 GMT Tuesday. Instead, Trump on Monday said he extended it by five days.Reacting to the news, Iranian state television said in a graphic on screen: "U.S. president backs down following Iran’s firm warning," according to the AP.7:30 a.m. ET: President Donald Trump added that the suspension of his threat to attack Iranian power plants was "subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions."Trump’s announcement came as the United Arab Emirates reported its air defenses were attempting to intercept new incoming Iranian fire Monday afternoon.Prior to Trump’s announcement, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi acknowledged talking by phone with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan. Turkey has been an intermediary before in negotiations between Tehran and Washington.6:15 a.m. ET: According to the Associated Press, the Kremlin said Monday that any U.S. strikes on Iran’s Russia-built nuclear power plant could trigger "irreparable" consequences.Asked about President Donald Trump’s warning to "obliterate" Iran’s power plants if it doesn’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the "catastrophically tense" situation in the region could only be settled by political and diplomatic means, the AP noted. Peskov warned that any strikes on nuclear facilities would be "extremely dangerous and fraught with possibly irreparable consequences," adding that Russia has "conveyed relevant signals" to the U.S.
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