An Iranian official on Monday denied President Donald Trump’s assertion that the country’s leaders were currently engaged in “productive” negotiations with the U.S. over an end to hostilities, saying that the remarks were simply a way to manipulate the market and ease domestic political pressure.
Just hours earlier, Trump claimed that the two countries had shared “very good and productive conversations” over the weekend. He told reporters Monday that Iran agreed to not develop a nuclear weapon and that the Strait of Hormuz will be “opened very soon, if this works.”
Trump posted on Truth Social Monday that as a result of the talks, he told the Pentagon to postpone all military strikes against Iranian power plants for five days, delaying his weekend threat to bomb the country’s energy infrastructure.