{"id":61242,"date":"2026-03-23T19:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=61242"},"modified":"2026-03-23T19:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:22:14","slug":"trump-announces-temporary-halt-to-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/trump-announces-temporary-halt-to-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Announces Temporary Halt to War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States had held \u201cgood and constructive\u201d talks with Iran, and that he had ordered the military to postpone any strikes on power stations and energy infrastructure in Iran for five days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a post on social media, Trump said discussions with Iran would continue throughout the week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI have instructed the Department of War to delay all military strikes on electricity facilities and energy infrastructure in Iran for five days. The matter depends on the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions,\u201d he wrote.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s Fars News Agency quoted a source as saying there had been no \u201cdirect contact with the United States, nor through intermediaries.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The source added that Trump had backed down after learning that Iran\u2019s targets would include all energy facilities in the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tasnim News Agency also quoted an Iranian security source as saying that the Strait of Hormuz would not return to its pre-war status as long as the \u201cpsychological war\u201d continues.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The source added that Trump\u2019s five-day deadline indicates he is persisting with his plan, warning: \u201cWe will continue to respond and defend the country with full force.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He further stated that Trump retreated after Iranian military threats became \u201ccredible.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States had held \u201cgood and constructive\u201d talks with Iran, and that he had ordered the military to postpone any strikes on power stations and energy infrastructure in Iran for five days. In a post on social media, Trump said discussions with Iran would continue throughout &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61243,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61242\/revisions\/61243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}