President Trump extended the pause on the U.S. military's strikes against Iran's energy infrastructure to April on Thursday at the request of Tehran's government.
"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," the president said in a post on Truth Social.
"Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media and others, they are going very well," Trump added.
The announcement comes as the president has already ordered a five-day halt on strikes on Iran's energy facilities on Monday, after threatening to hit the sites over the weekend.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed during the Thursday Cabinet meeting that Washington gave a 15-point action list that would act as a framework for a peace plan with Iran, as the ongoing war is in its fourth week.
Witkoff said that Pakistan has served as a mediator between the U.S. and Iran.
Iran has previously denied that negotiations with the U.S. are taking place but has also said that it is reviewing the U.S. plan to end the conflict in the Middle East.
Later on Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also Trump's national security adviser, said that "progress has been made" in talks with Iran.
"There's a growing amount of energy that's been flowing through the straits. Not as much as should be flowing, but some of it has picked up," Rubio told reporters at Joint Base Andrews. "So again, there's been some progress in regards to the exchange of messages, but that's an ongoing and fluid process, and not one we're going to negotiate or talk about in the media."
