Negotiations in the balance between the U.S. and Iran: Trump postpones attacks on power plants, Tehran denies negotiations.

Donald Trump announces that the talks with Iran "will continue throughout the week," deciding to postpone attacks on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days. On the other side, the Iranian news agency Fars, citing a source, claims that there would be no direct or indirect communications with the United States after Donald Trump spoke of "very positive" negotiations. Fars, reported by Reuters online, also stated that Trump has backtracked on the idea of striking Iranian power plants after Iran threatened to target power plants across the Middle East in return. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry, according to Mehr News, stated that there are "initiatives" from countries in the region to "reduce tensions." "Our response to all these initiatives is clear: we are not the ones who started this war and all these requests should be addressed to Washington," it explained.

In short, it seems that the ideas on what to do are not very clear among the opposing sides of the conflict. A possible framework agreement, likely under discussion between the USA and Iran, envisions that Iran allows the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, with the United States abstaining from attacking Iranian power plants. A broader ceasefire would be pursued in a second phase, according to the Israeli media Ynet, which cites Israeli officials stating that intense contacts are ongoing between Washington and Tehran, both directly and through Qatar and Turkey, for an agreement. According to these sources, Israel was not surprised by Trump's announcement of "productive talks" with Iran, although it denied that negotiations had taken place.