US President Donald Trump has extended by 10 days the deadline for potential strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure, moving it to April 6, 2026.
The original deadline was due to end on Friday. The US and Israel have refrained from attacking Iran’s energy facilities during this period as part of the agreement.
On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote: “As per Iranian Government request, please let this statement serve to represent that I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days to Monday, April 6, 2026, at 8 P.M., Eastern Time.”
He added that talks are ongoing and, despite “erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well.”
In a video aired by Fox News, Trump said, “I gave them a 10-day period, they asked for seven.”
The two sides are negotiating toward a peace deal and have each proposed separate sets of rules for future conduct in the Gulf, including arrangements for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump also claimed the US had already achieved victory in the conflict, saying: “In a certain sense, we have already won.”
On Thursday, senior officials from the Department of War briefed the House Armed Services Committee on the possibility of deploying ground troops, and the US has been building up forces in the region.
Earlier, Trump urged Iranian leaders to “get serious” about the peace deal or face further assassinations of senior officials amid intensified US and Israeli actions.
That warning followed Israel’s announcement that it had “blown up and eliminated” Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval commander Alireza Tangsiri and several senior officers in a strike on the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. Israel said Tangsiri was responsible for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has denied it is “begging to make a deal,” as Trump claimed, and has continued retaliatory strikes across parts of the Middle East.
Western media outlets also reported hearing loud explosions in Tel Aviv.
