Iran accepts proposal after Trump announces two-week ceasefire
President Donald Trump agreed Tuesday evening to halt the war against Iran for two weeks on condition that Tehran agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Shortly afterward, Iran said it had also agreed to the temporary truce and that talks would begin Friday in Islamabad.
Citing discussions with senior Pakistani officials who have led recent mediation efforts, Trump wrote on Truth Social that he would agree to stop bombing Iran subject to the “Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!” he wrote on Truth Social.
Iran said it had also agreed to the temporary truce but emphasized in a statement that “this does not signify the termination of the war.”
Pakistan on Tuesday proposed extending Trump’s deadline for an Iran deal, after he had set an 8 p.m. ET cutoff for Tehran to reach an agreement and reopen the Strait of Hormuz — a deadline he had already extended multiple times. Trump warned in a post on Truth Social Tuesday morning, "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” after previously threatening to start targeting Iranian bridges and energy infrastructure.
Iran continued to fire missiles at Israel after Trump announced the ceasefire.
As of Monday, more than 3,500 people in Iran have been killed in US and Israeli strikes, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.
Regional tensions, meanwhile, have been escalating. Iran said it struck Saudi Arabia’s Jubail petrochemical complex Tuesday in response to overnight attacks on its Asaluyeh plants, while Emirati officials reported an Iranian missile hit a telecom building in Sharjah.