Iranian parliament speaker says âno negotiationsâ held with US, as Trump postpones energy strikes for five days; European Commission chief says war must come to negotiated endTrump claims âproductiveâ talks with Iran but Tehran denies contactIsrael launches new strikes on Tehran as Trump pauses Iran energy attacksWelcome to our ongoing coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran and its wider repercussions in the Middle East and globally.Donald Trump has claimed the US and Iran have held talks in which the two sides had âmajor points of agreementâ, and speculated that a deal could soon be done to end the war, a claim contradicted by Tehran.Trump said the threatened US strikes on Iranian power plants had been postponed after âvery good and productiveâ discussions with Iran about a âcomplete and total resolution of our hostilitiesâ in the Middle East. After hitting a four-year high, the price of oil fell dramatically following Trumpâs comments, while stocks in Asia rallied.Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, said he had spoken with Trump, who saw a chance of an agreement with Iran, but added that Israel would continue its strikes against Iran and Lebanon. Trump believed there was a possibility of âleveraging the mighty achievements obtained by the Israeli and the US military, in order to realise the goals of the war in a deal â a deal that will preserve our vital interestsâ, the Israeli prime minister claimed in a video statement released by his office.Israel said it had launched âwide-scaleâ strikes on Iran on Monday morning, while Tehran continued to fire missiles at the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The Israeli military also claimed to have hit struck the main security headquarters of Iranâs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as part of a âwave of strikes that was completed a short while ago in the heart of Tehranâ.An Israeli strike also hit Beirutâs southern suburbs on Monday, Agence France-Presse quoted state media as saying, hours after the Israeli army issued an order for residents of the area to evacuate. An AFPTV live broadcast showed a cloud of smoke over the densely populated southern suburbs, which are considered a Hezbollah stronghold and have not been hit since Friday night. Continue reading...