Donald Trump has extended his deadline for a peace deal with Iran by 10 days after mounting worries over the Middle East crisis sent Wall Street equities sliding in their worst day since the conflict began.

The US president wrote on his Truth Social platform on Thursday that at Tehran’s request he was “pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction” until April 6, claiming that talks to end the war were “ongoing” and “going very well”.

Trump’s post, which came 11 minutes after the close of share trading on Wall Street, marked the latest change in the White House’s stance in the month-old war with Iran, with the president oscillating between escalating US military action and opening up contacts with Tehran to end the conflict.

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The Wall Street Journal also has an article that reporters mediators say that Iran has made no such request. Unfortunately, for now, I can't find a link to it that can bypass the paywall.