United States President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Defense, which the Trump administration calls the “Department of War”, to pause attacks on Iran’s power infrastructure for five days, he said on Monday.The US president’s order came the day after he issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Iran to reopen the critical shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz or risk US attacks on its power plants. In response, Iran said it would attack power plants in Israel and the Gulf.Trump’s ultimatum over Hormuz had been set to expire at 23:44 GMT on Monday.In a Truth Social post on Monday, however, Trump claimed that Washington and Tehran had had “very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East”.However, Iranian officials have denied this. Following Trump’s ultimatum over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Tasnim news agency, citing an Iranian official, reported that the strait will not return to prewar conditions and energy markets will remain unsettled, adding that no negotiations with the US are under way.Tehran is conducting regional dialogue, however.Three weeks into the US-Israel war on Iran, we take a look at what Trump threatened, and how Iran’s Islamic Republic government has threatened to respond.What did Trump forewarn?On Saturday at 23:44 GMT, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post: “If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHO …
