{"id":270,"date":"2026-03-27T08:40:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/?p=270"},"modified":"2026-03-27T08:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:40:04","slug":"trump-extends-halt-on-iran-energy-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"Trump Extends Halt on Iran Energy Attacks."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. President <strong>Donald Trump has announced a 10-day halt on attacks<\/strong> targeting Iran\u2019s <strong>power and energy facilities<\/strong>. <strong>This move provides Iran with a final opportunity<\/strong> to engage in talks and avoid further escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Previously<\/strong>, on February 28, the United States and Israel conducted joint strikes on Iran after Tehran <strong>refused to sign a nuclear agreement<\/strong>. In response, Iran launched <strong>retaliatory attacks<\/strong> against U.S. and allied interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additionally<\/strong>, Iran <strong>blocked the strategic Hormuz Strait<\/strong>, a key route for global crude oil shipments. Several cargo ships attempting to pass through the Strait <strong>faced missile and drone attacks<\/strong>. Iran also <strong>declared that American, Israeli, and allied vessels would not be allowed passage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Earlier<\/strong>, Trump had warned that if Iran did not reopen the Hormuz Strait within 48 hours, U.S. forces would <strong>target Iran\u2019s energy infrastructure<\/strong>. In retaliation, Iran <strong>threatened to strike power facilities in Gulf countries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meanwhile<\/strong>, the original U.S. deadline, set for March 24, was extended <strong>by five days<\/strong> due to ongoing negotiations. <strong>However<\/strong>, Iran has <strong>denied holding any direct talks<\/strong> with the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump also continues to reference a 15-point U.S. proposal<\/strong>, which Iran has <strong>rejected<\/strong>, while maintaining that discussions are underway. <strong>As a result<\/strong>, attacks on Iran\u2019s power and energy facilities are <strong>temporarily suspended for an additional 10<\/strong> <strong>days<\/strong>. <strong>This extension underscores the high stakes<\/strong> in the U.S.\u2013Iran standoff and the potential impact on <strong>Gulf energy security and global oil markets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a 10-day halt on attacks targeting Iran\u2019s power and energy facilities. This move provides Iran with a final opportunity to engage in talks and avoid further escalation. Previously, on February 28, the United States and Israel conducted joint strikes on Iran after Tehran refused to sign a nuclear agreement. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[249,250,251,236,247,240,248],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economicnews","tag-energy-attacks","tag-gulf","tag-hormuz","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-trump","tag-us-iran"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swisstamils.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}