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11.13 GMT
Trump
postpones strikes on Iranian power plants for a five day period
The US
president, Donald Trump, has said he has instructed the defence department to
postpone all airstrikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure
for a five day period. This is subject to the “success” of ongoing “meetings
and discussions”, he said in a Truth Social post.
Trump
said that, over the last two days, Washington and Tehran had “very good and
productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our
hostilities in the Middle East”.
Trump
said on Saturday that he was giving Iran 48 hours – until shortly before
midnight GMT on Monday – to open the strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway
effectively being blocked by Iran which carries about a fifth of global oil and
liquefied natural gas supplies.
Tehran
said it would “irreversibly destroy” essential infrastructure across the Middle
East, including vital water systems, if the US followed through on Trump’s
threat.
Iran also
said it would hit power plants in all areas that supply electricity to American
bases, “as well as the economic, industrial and energy infrastructures in which
Americans have shares.”
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