WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 Joe Kent, the former National Counterterrorism Center director, said Monday that President Donald Trump is trying to get peace with Iran, but Israel will be against it.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Trump is working to get peace with Iran, if he can make this happen it will be a very good thing for our nation & our allies in the Gulf,\u201d Kent wrote on X. \u201cThe Israelis will be against this, but POTUS is strong & can get them on board.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Monday, Trump announced that he ordered the Department of War to postpone strikes on Iran’s power plants for five days.<\/a><\/p>\n “I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST,” he wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n However, Iran said that Tehran is not in talks with Trump and that the president backed down.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cTrump backed down from attacking critical infrastructure as Iran\u2019s military threats became credible,\u201d a senior Iranian official said, according to The Hill newspaper<\/a>. \u201cFinancial market pressure and the threat of bonds within the US and the West have increased, and this has been another important factor in this retreat.\u201d<\/p>\n Last month, Israel and the U.S. conducted joint strikes on Iran over concerns that the country had missiles.<\/p>\n Iran retaliated, resulting in other countries getting hit and U.S. soldiers being killed or injured.<\/p>\n