Trump Says Iran Talks Begin Monday, Tehran Denies Any Meetings

Global oil markets reacted immediately when President Trump announced Sunday that he had canceled planned strikes on Iran after Gulf allies requested time for a deal. Brent crude fell more than four dollars a barrel. The president told reporters aboard Air Force One that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar had urged restraint because an agreement on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and addressing Iran’s nuclear program was close. He added that Iran itself had asked strongly for the pause.

Trump described the canceled operation as the largest attack since World War II and said negotiations would begin Monday afternoon. He gave no location, participants, or deadline. On Monday an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman stated that Tehran would neither host a delegation nor send one abroad in the coming days. The spokesman confirmed separate talks with Oman on a new shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz but said nothing about direct or mediated contacts with the United States.

The exchange fits a pattern that began after the February 28 start of U.S. and Israeli strikes. Trump has announced pauses for diplomacy at least eight times, according to Associated Press tracking, only for strikes to resume. Iran has rejected the premise of new U.S. talks while continuing bilateral discussions with Oman. Oil prices have moved with each announcement because roughly one-fifth of global crude and liquefied natural gas normally transits the strait.

Analysts cited by multiple outlets noted that repeated threat-and-pause cycles have reduced the credibility of both U.S. warnings and U.S. offers. Iranian officials have pointed to the same record when explaining their reluctance to engage Washington directly. No independent confirmation has emerged of the specific deal terms Trump described or of any scheduled Monday session.