US President Donald Trump has pushed back his deadline for strikes on Iran’s energy assets, saying talks on ending the war were ‘going very well’ as Israel announced fresh strikes on Tehran early Friday. The conflict that has roiled energy markets nears its second month, with around a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas passing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz in peacetime.
As per Iranian Government request, Trump is pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days to Monday, April 6, 2026, at 8 P.M., Eastern Time. This decision comes after Trump had initially given Iran 48 hours to open the strategic strait to oil tankers, threatening to destroy its power plants, but he has now extended the deadline twice.
Impact on Global Oil Prices
Global oil prices have been affected by the conflict, with a 5% jump in prices after Iran escalation. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said G7 nations should help push for the reopening of the crucial Strait of Hormuz, in remarks before arriving in France for a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers. According to the US Department of State, the Strait of Hormuz is a critical waterway for international oil trade.
Trump had earlier denied that he was desperate for a deal to end the war, despite the Islamic republic’s cool response to an American peace plan. ‘Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well,’ Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
15-Point Action List
The president’s envoy Steve Witkoff told a cabinet meeting earlier of ‘strong signs’ that Tehran was ready to negotiate, confirming publicly for the first time that Washington had passed a 15-point ‘action list’ to Tehran through Pakistani officials. The list includes:
- Respect for Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz
- War reparations
- An end to US and Israeli attacks on Iran
- An end to attacks on groups in the region aligned with Iran
At the meeting, Trump said Iran had allowed 10 oil tankers passage through the Strait of Hormuz to show it was serious about talks. The Iranian news agency Tasnim said Tehran had replied to Washington’s 15 points and was ‘awaiting the other side’s response’.
Early on Friday, Israel’s military said it carried out ‘a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran’. In Lebanon, state media reported an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, as AFP correspondents heard several explosions from the Hezbollah stronghold.
