Middle East crisis live: Iran dismisses Trump claim of talks; von der Leyen says global energy situation is ‘critical’

Iranian parliament speaker says ‘no negotiations’ held with US, as Trump postpones energy strikes for five days; European Commission chief says war must come to negotiated end Trump claims ‘productive’ talks with Iran but Tehran denies contact Israel launches new strikes on Tehran as Trump pauses Iran energy attacks Welcome to our ongoing coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran and its wider repercussions in the Middle East and globally. Donald Trump has claimed the US and Iran have held talks in which the two sides had “major points of agreement”, and speculated that a deal could soon be done to end the war, a claim contradicted by Tehran. Trump said the threatened US strikes on Iranian power plants had been postponed after “very good and productive” discussions with Iran about a “complete and total resolution of our hostilities” in the Middle East.