Nigeria, March 23 -- US President Donald Trump says he has postponed his threatened strike on Iranian power plants after a "detailed and constructive" discussion with Iran.

Mr Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said he is postponing the strikes against the power plants for five days.

PREMIUM TIMES reports that Mr Trump, on Saturday, issued a 48-hour deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

He threatened to have the US "obliterate" Iranian power plants should they fail to do so by the set deadline.

Iran, in response to this, threatened to attack Israel's power plants and plants supplying power to US bases in the Gulf if the US attacked its energy infrastructure. It also threatened to attack energy infrastructure in the Gulf sta...