He delivered a lengthy speech at his country’s rubber-stamp Parliament, declaring that his nuclear power will shield his country from American hostility.

Hasan Piker helped bring attention to a mission delivering humanitarian aid to Cuba. The group was criticized for staying in an upscale hotel as Cubans faced another blackout.

President Trump postponed his threat to strike power plants in Iran, citing “productive conversations” with the Iranians. But officials said the talks were in an early stage and not substantive.

Conflicting signals about whether any negotiations to end the fighting were in progress created confusion.

“Very, very strong talks,” President Trump claimed. Fake news, replied an Iranian parliamentary leader.

President Trump’s shifting statements don’t necessarily signal an end in sight to the war, but they do buy him some time.

On Monday, four ambulances belonging to a Jewish nonprofit were set on fire. The police said that they were assessing a claim of a video claiming responsibility for the attack and were investigating the incident as an antisemitic hate crime.

President Trump said the U.S. would put off any attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days, citing “very strong” talks with Iran toward ending the war. Iran disputed Mr. Trump’s claim that there had been progress made in negotiations.

U.S. and Israeli attacks on power plants and other civilian infrastructure risk escalating the conflict across the region, and angering Iranians who oppose the government.

Fatih Birol, the leader of the International Energy Agency, said the Iran war was a bigger crisis that the two oil shocks in the 1970s combined.