He announced an initial five-day pause on Monday - but in a post on Truth Social, he says: "As per Iranian Government request... I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days to Monday, April 6, 2026, at 8 PM"
Oil prices, which had climbed on Thursday, dropped soon after, writes our business reporter
At a cabinet meeting earlier, Trump said the US would be Iran's "worst nightmare" if it doesn't agree to a peace plan
Special envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed at the same meeting that the US has sent a 15-point peace plan to Iran
An Iranian official earlier told state media in their response to the proposal that Tehran has a "natural and legal right" to control the Strait of Hormuz
Attacks on Israel, Iran and Lebanon continue, while two people have been killed by debris from an intercepted missile in Abu Dhabi, thought to be from Iran.
Donald Trump says Iran asked him for a pause of seven days on striking energy plants, but that he gave them ten, and Tehran was "very thankful".
Earlier, Trump announced on Truth Social that he would extend a pause on striking Iranian energy plants from five days to two weeks. The pause was set to expire tomorrow, but this new extension means the pause will be in effect until April 6.
Speaking on the phone to Fox News just now, Trump says the US is in conversations with Iran which are going "fairly well".
"They said to me, very nicely, through my people: 'Could we have more time?'," the US president tells the hosts of Fox's The Five.
"They asked for seven [days]. And I said, 'I'm going to give you ten', because they gave me ships. You know, we talked about the eight ships. You know, the 'present' that I talked about the other day."
At a White House cabinet meeting earlier today, Trump said Iran let oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz as a "present" to him during talks.
Iran has denied that talks to end the war are taking place.
