Iran war latest: White House says plans for US-Iran talks 'fluid' as oil price climbs - BBC News

White House says plans for Iran talks remain 'fluid', as oil price climbs back above $100

It follows the US president and Iran's parliament speaker giving conflicting accounts of potential talks between the two countries on the ongoing war

Donald Trump earlier said he had postponed threatened strikes on Iranian power plants after having "productive" conversations with Tehran. Iran said the talks were "fake news"

An Iranian foreign ministry official says Tehran has received "points from the US" via mediators as a potential precursor to talks, according to the BBC's US partner CBS

Is this the first indication of a breakthrough in the war, or is the president just buying himself more time? 

Meanwhile the price of oil again rose to over $100 a barrel, after plunging on Monday when Trump first posted about US-Iran talks. 

This was even as Israel says its air force carried out a "wide wave of airstrikes" on "regime infrastructure" in Tehran on Monday.

It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday night that Israel would continue to strike Iran and Lebanon, after he had a phone call with US President Donald Trump.

"We are crushing the missile programme and the nuclear programme," he said on X, adding: "We will safeguard our vital interests in any scenario."

Trump said earlier on Monday the US would hold off attacking Iran's power plants for a five day period after having "productive" conversations with Tehran.

US Central Command also, said on Monday evening that America continued to "aggressively strike Iranian military targets with precision munitions."

Emeka Mamah