US President Donald Trump writes on Truth Social that he has asked the US Department of Defense to "postpone all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a period of five days". This assumes that "the ongoing meetings and discussions proceed positively", Trump writes.
The US and Iran have had "very good and productive talks" over the past two days about a "complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East", it continues. The talks with Iran will continue this week, the president writes.
On Saturday, Trump gave the Iranians a 48-hour deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That deadline would have expired at 00:44 on Tuesday night Danish time. If it did not happen, the Iranian power plants would be "obliterated", he warned.
Iran responded to Trump's threat by threatening to mine the Strait of Hormuz. In addition, energy facilities in all countries that supply American bases with electricity will be attacked, Iran's response was.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent oil and gas prices soaring. This shipping route is crucial for oil and gas to be transported out of the oil and gas producing countries around the Persian Gulf. A fifth of the world's oil passes through here.
On Monday, Oman announced that the country is working intensively to secure passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Whatever one thinks about Iran, they did not cause this war, writes Oman's Foreign Minister, Badr Albusaidi, in a post on X.
- It is already creating extensive economic problems, and I fear that they will become much worse if the war continues.
Oman has previously mediated talks between the United States and Iran regarding the Iranian nuclear program.
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