President Trump had been seriously weighing strikes on Iran’s energy facilities, with reports of an imminent escalation leaking over the weekend. On Sunday, Trump said negotiations with Iran would begin Monday afternoon and repeatedly called a deal imminent. “The deal is imminent, having to do with the Hormuz Strait and also, ultimately, the denuclearization of Iran,” he said. Trump answered Iran’s denial Monday morning with a post accusing Iran’s leadership of lying about the nature of negotiations. The negotiation that does exist, by Tehran’s account, is between Iran and Oman, over a new transit corridor through the Strait of Hormuz.