Donald Trump stated that the USA is suspending strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure for five days following negotiations with Tehran. However, Iranian authorities denied this information, claiming that no negotiations took place between Washington and Tehran.
Nevertheless, the US president continues to assert that dialogue with Iran is ongoing and expects a meeting with representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran soon.
Additionally, Trump noted that if an agreement is signed with Iran, the USA intends to take enriched uranium out of the country.
According to Trump, the negotiations are discussing the cessation of Iran's nuclear program and its abandonment of uranium enrichment.
He also reported that a new round of telephone negotiations with Iran will take place on Monday and clarified that Washington is not negotiating with Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
According to Fars agency, Israel and the USA struck a distribution station and a gas pipeline in Iran.
According to Pentagon data, more than 9,000 targets have been hit since the start of the operation against Iran.
The Iranian Defense Council warned that in the event of a ground operation by the USA in Iran, all sea routes in the Persian Gulf would be mined.
“Any attempt by the enemy to attack Iranian shores will lead to the mining of all sea routes and communication lines in the Persian Gulf,” the representative of the Council is quoted by Fars agency.
According to IRNA, Iranian air defense forces shot down an American drone "Lucas" in the southeast of the country.
The Iranian Defense Council emphasized that vessels from countries not considered hostile to Iran can pass through the Strait of Hormuz with coordination from Tehran.
The military advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Mohsen Rezaei, stated that hostilities will not cease until all sanctions against Iran are lifted.
According to Ynet, citing an Israeli source, the USA plans to complete the war in Iran by April 9, so that Trump can receive the national Israeli award.
At the end of December last year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reported that Trump had been awarded this prize, which had previously only been given to citizens of Israel.
Lufthansa has also extended the cancellation of flights to several countries in the Middle East.
Turkey is proposing a temporary ceasefire in the conflict surrounding Iran to create conditions for negotiations. Egypt and Turkey are acting as mediators in conveying messages between Iran and the USA, as reported by Al Jazeera, citing a senior Iranian official.
