US President Donald Trump said that Iran is "desperate" to make a deal and that one could be reached "within five days or less", Reuters reported, BTA reported.
In an interview with "Fox Business Network" he added that the latest round of talks between US envoys Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner and their Iranian counterparts took place yesterday evening.
Iran denied claims by US President Donald Trump today that the two sides had "productive" talks to end the war in the Middle East, DPA reported.
Tehran has no contact with Trump, even through intermediaries, Iranian state agencies Fars and Tasnim reported. who are close to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), BTA reported.
Just minutes before this information, Trump announced on his social network "Truth Social" that he was postponing military strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure by five days after "productive talks" with Iran, DPA noted, adding that the US head of state had thus extended the deadline for his previous ultimatum.
Trump threatened on Saturday that he would attack Iranian power plants if Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was not lifted within 48 hours.
In response to this statement, Tehran threatened to completely close the strait and said that it would retaliate against energy facilities and seawater desalination systems in the Persian Gulf countries that maintain relations with the US if Iran's energy infrastructure was attacked.
"The United States and Iran have had very good and productive talks over the past two days regarding a final and comprehensive solution to our military actions in the Middle East," Trump wrote on "Truth Social" today.
Iran's Fars news agency cited an anonymous source in Iran's leadership as saying that Trump backed down after Tehran threatened to attack all power plants in West Asia.
Tasnim reported that Trump was advised "by pressure from financial markets" and added that Iran would continue to defend itself "as long as the necessary deterrence is in place.".
President Donald Trump, in a marked change in tone, extended the deadline given to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, announcing that the United States would postpone possible strikes on Iranian power plants by five days, the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse reported.
He made the announcement on his social network "Truth Social" just hours before the original deadline expired later today.
Writing in all caps, Trump said the United States and Iran had held "very good and productive talks" that could lead to "a full and final resolution" of the conflict. He said the talks would continue throughout the week.
The US president did not disclose details of the contacts. Iran did not immediately confirm the talks, but Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he had spoken by phone with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan. Turkey has previously mediated between Tehran and Washington, the AP noted.
Trump stressed that postponing any possible strikes was "tied to the success of the current meetings and discussions".
The statement, which was released shortly before the New York Stock Exchange opened, led to an immediate and sharp drop in oil prices, the AP said.