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‘Pausing’: Trump announces shock move in Iran war
Trump’s pause comes after Iranian rejection
A US proposal for ending nearly four weeks of fighting is “one-sided and unfair,” a senior Iranian official has told Reuters, while US President Donald Trump says Iran must make a deal or face a continued onslaught.
The Iranian official said the proposal, conveyed via Pakistan, “was reviewed in detail on Wednesday night by senior Iranian officials and the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader”.
It lacked the minimum requirements for success and served only US and Israeli interests, the official said, while stressing that diplomacy had not ended despite the lack, for now, of a realistic plan for peace talks.
Mr Trump described the Iranians as “great negotiators” but added that he was not sure he was “willing to make a deal with them to end the war”.
Iran has launched strikes against Israel, US bases and Gulf states as well as effectively blocking Middle East fuel exports via the Strait of Hormuz since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.
“They now have the chance, that is Iran, to permanently abandon their nuclear ambitions and to join a new path forward,” Mr Trump said during a cabinet meeting at the White House.
“We’ll see if they want to do it. If they don’t, we’re their worst nightmare. In the meantime, we’ll just keep blowing them away.”
‘Pausing’: Trump announces shock move in Iran war
US President Donald Trump has announced he is “pausing” his plans to destroy energy plants in Iran at the request of the Iranian 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,” Mr Trump wrote 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.”
Mr Trump’s “pause” is set to expire at 11am (AEST) Tuesday, 7
April, 9am AWST.
Mr Trump originally set a deadline of just 48 hours for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or see their power infrastructure wiped out.
