{"id":55857,"date":"2026-03-27T03:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=55857"},"modified":"2026-03-27T03:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:08:45","slug":"trump-extends-pause-on-striking-irans-energy-plants-into-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=55857","title":{"rendered":"Trump extends pause on striking Iran&#8217;s energy plants into April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Reuters)   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DUBAI\/TEL AVIV\/WASHINGTON, March 27 &#8211; U.S. President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0said he will extend a pause on attacks against Iran&#8217;s energy plants into April and that talks with Iran were going &#8220;very well,&#8221; but an Iranian official said a U.S. proposal for ending the war \u200bas &#8220;one-sided and unfair.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four-week war has spread across the Middle East&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/how-many-people-have-been-killed-us-israel-war-iran-2026-03-24\/\">killing thousands of people<\/a>&nbsp;and hit the global economy with soaring energy prices, fuelling global inflation \u200cfears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28 after talks about Tehran&#8217;s nuclear program failed to yield a deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, Trump threatened during a cabinet meeting at the White House to increase pressure on Iran if it did not make a deal, before later posting on social media that he would pause attacks on Iranian energy plants for 10 days until April 6, 2026 at 2000 EDT (0000 GMT on April \u200b7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well,&#8221; he added in his Truth Social post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran \u200bhas said it is not engaged in talks with Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has not identified with whom the U.S. is negotiating in Iran, with many high-ranking \u2060officials&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/how-many-people-have-been-killed-us-israel-war-iran-2026-03-24\/\">killed<\/a>&nbsp;in the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 23, Trump announced a halt to all strikes against power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period, but has now extended it to 10 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran did \u200bnot asked for a 10-day pause on strikes on its energy plants, the Wall Street Journal cited peace talk mediators as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump told Fox News&#8217; &#8220;The Five&#8221; program that the Iranians had asked for \u200ba seven-day pause on strikes on energy plants. There was no immediate reaction from Tehran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) DUBAI\/TEL AVIV\/WASHINGTON, March 27 &#8211; U.S. President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0said he will extend a pause on attacks against Iran&#8217;s energy plants into April and that talks with Iran were going &#8220;very well,&#8221; but an Iranian official said a U.S. proposal for ending the war \u200bas &#8220;one-sided and unfair.&#8221; The four-week war has spread across the Middle East&nbsp;killing thousands of people&nbsp;and hit the global economy with soaring energy prices, fuelling global inflation \u200cfears. The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28 after talks about Tehran&#8217;s nuclear program failed to yield a deal. 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