The Associated Press reported that Iran has accepted Trump’s two-week ceasefire: “Iran’s foreign minister says passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be allowed for next 2 weeks under Iranian military management.”
However, the Supreme National Security Council insisted that the ceasefire means the war ends:
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said Wednesday it had accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war.Its statement said it would negotiate with the United States in Islamabad beginning Friday.“It is emphasized that this does not signify the termination of the war,” the statement said. “Our hands remain upon the trigger, and should the slightest error be committed by the enemy, it shall be met with full force.”
President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire if Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz:
Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and 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! The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East. We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate. Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated. On behalf of the United States of America, as President, and also representing the Countries of the Middle East, it is an Honor to have this Longterm problem close to resolution. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Iran faced an 8 PM ET deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz before Trump promised to obliterate the entire country.
Trump showed he meant what he said when our military struck Iranian military targets on Kharg Island early Tuesday morning.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham spoke to Trump right before she went on air:
The deadline is off, and we have what’s being called a double sided cease fire, a live report from the region in moments.Now I want to tell you how we were scheduled to start the show. I spent all afternoon writing the script. Started like this, Tiktok t-minus 59 minutes, 30 seconds until Donald Trump’s 8pm deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.But just moments ago, Donald Trump posted this, and it’s the entire Truth Social post where essentially he says based on conversations with Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran. And it continues to go on and on.And I just got off the phone with President Trump. And I will say this. We’ll read the whole post later, we literally just had to rewrite the whole show.He was extremely serious in my conversation with him just now, and he was also cautiously but seriously optimistic. He told me that the negotiations are and were incredibly complex. He does not want them jeopardized. There still needs to be an announced agreement, and of course, we all know in this part of the world anything can happen.
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