‘Unimaginable hell’: Iranian relief and unease after Trump pauses plan to cripple power supply

Some inside Iran believe Trump’s threat designed to divert attention from Trump’s desire to seize islands in strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis – live updates A wave of temporary relief, and some jubilation swept through Iran as Donald Trump announced he was postponing his attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure after he claimed he had productive conversations with Tehran, conversations Iran promptly denied ever having directly with him or through intermediaries. That does not mean the diplomatic track was entirely silent. Turkey, through its foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, and Oman, via its foreign minister, Badr Albusaidi, who are both respected in Tehran and Washington, have been working the phones constantly.