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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Christopher McKeon

Downing Street welcomes ‘postponement’ of US strikes on Iranian power plants

Donald Trump claimed the US had held two days of talks with Iran, leading to a decision to ‘postpone’ strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure for five days (Leon Neal/PA) - (PA Archive)

Downing Street has welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision to “postpone” strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure following talks with Tehran.

Mr Trump had threatened to obliterate Iran’s power plants if the country did not reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz by just before midnight on Monday night.

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