We have a huge update on the Iran war.
A few days ago, President Trump gave Iran a severe ultimatum: either open the Strait of Hormuz, or we are going to annihilate your power plants.
He gave them 48 hours to respond.
Here’s our original report on that:
That deadline would have been up tomorrow morning.
But, President Trump just announced that, over the past two days since making the threat, he has had "very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution" with Iran.
As a result, he has decided to postpone the attacks on Iranian infrastructure by five days as negotiations continue.
Check it out:
🚨 President Donald J. Trump calls for a pause on all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions. pic.twitter.com/N15CTRvikT
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 23, 2026
Read President Trump's full Truth Social statement here:
I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD, SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ONGOING MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
While speaking to reporters before heading to Memphis today, President Trump provided more information on the ongoing talks with Iran.
He revealed that Iran was the one who initiated negotiations and that they want to make a deal.
Watch:
Trump: "Tomorrow morning, we were expected to blow up their largest electric generating plants that cost over $10 billion to build. One shot. It's gone. It collapses. Why would they want that? So they called. I didn't call. They called. They want to make a deal." pic.twitter.com/6HYwIZVqnj
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) March 23, 2026
This is the very definition of peace through strength!
Hopefully, we will see a deal struck soon.
CNBC has more on the negotiations with Iran:
He told CNBC’s Joe Kernen in a phone call shortly after the post that “we are very intent on making a deal with Iran.”
However, Iranian state media, citing an unnamed “senior security official” in a post on Telegram disputed Trump’s description of conversations, saying direct or indirect talks have not taken place between Washington and Tehran.
ADVERTISEMENT“There is been no negotiation and there is no negotiation, and with this kind of psychological warfare, neither the Strait of Hormuz will return to its pre-war conditions nor will there be peace in the energy markets,” state media reported the official as saying.
Trump countered later Monday morning that the U.S. and Iran “have had very, very strong talks” yielding “major points of agreement,” including that Tehran will “never have a nuclear weapon.”
Trump, speaking to reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, said his son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff participated in those talks Sunday evening with “a top person” in Iran.
“They want, very much to make a deal. We’d like to make a deal too,” he said. “We’re going to get together today by, probably, phone, because it’s ... very hard for them to get out, I guess. But we’ll, at some point, very, very soon, meet.”
Trump said that if the five-day halt in strikes goes well, the parties could end up “settling this.”
“Otherwise, we’ll just keep bombing our little hearts out,” he said.
The president also said that he believes Israel will be “very happy” with the progress made with Iran so far.
He added that the Strait of Hormuz “will be opened very soon, if this works.”
Asked who would control the strait, Trump said it might be “jointly controlled” by himself and “whoever the ayatollah is,” suggesting that such a move would come as part of a “very serious form of regime change.”
Pray for peace!
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