Netanyahu says Trump sees opportunity for deal with Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that President Trump sees an opportunity for a deal with Iran as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with the Middle Eastern country rages on.

“Earlier today I spoke with our friend President Trump. President Trump believes there is an opportunity to leverage the tremendous achievements we have reached alongside the US military to realize the goals of the war through an agreement that will safeguard our vital interests,” Netanyahu said in an afternoon post on the social platform X.

On Monday, Trump said U.S. strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure would stop for five days following “very good” and “productive” talks with Iranian leaders.

Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. and Iran “over the last two days” had “conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostility in the Middle East.”

“Based on the tenor and tone of these in depth, detailed and constructive conversations,” Trump said, which would go on “throughout the week,” the president “instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five day period.”

Also on Monday, Trump said he had not communicated with Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei as negotiations with Iran occurred.

“We’re dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader,” Trump told reporters.

“We have not heard from the son,” the president added, talking about Khamenei.

A senior Iranian security official said Tehran was not having discussions with Trump and that the American president “backed down” from extra attacks on energy infrastructure due to economic and foreign policy pressure.

“Trump backed down from attacking critical infrastructure as Iran’s military threats became credible. Financial market pressure and the threat of bonds within the U.S. and the West have increased, and this has been another important factor in this retreat,” the senior official told Iran’s Fars News Agency in translated remarks.

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