On 26th March (Thursday), the United States President Donald Trump pushed back his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz by ten days, until 6th April, and declared that the discussions with the Islamic Republic have been “going very well.”
“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. Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well,” he wrote on social media.
“They have nuclear, you know, plenty of money. They have a lot of money and they built nuclear, and they built regular power plants. But they’re massive and very expensive. Billions of dollars. And so, I gave them a 10-day period. They asked for seven. You’re going to say, Oh, Trump’s a terrible negotiator. They asked for seven. And I said, I’m going to give you 10 because they gave me ships,” the president expressed.
“We talked about the eight ships. You know, the president that I talked about the other day. But they asked for seven, and I gave them 10. You got 10 days. And they were very thankful about that. Now, they may say, oh, we’re not speaking that. I don’t like that because that wasn’t true the last time, as you found out. But we are speaking, and it’s going fairly well. And so, I gave them 10 days,” he reiterated.
“In a certain sense, we have already won,” he asserted while talking to Fox News. Trump had stated that he doesn’t care about reaching an agreement and it is the responsibility of Iranian officials to persuade him to end the war. According to Iranian state media, Washington’s eagerness to engage in negotiations is “completely doubted.”
Iran reportedly rejected a 15-point plan from the Trump administration to resolve the tensions with the United States. On the other hand, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt of the White House conveyed that negotiations between the two parties are underway.
