New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, hours after announcing that “a whole civilisation will die tonight”.
In a post on Truth Social he mentioned that Iran proposed a “workable” 10-point peace plan that could help end the war launched by the US and Israel in February.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said it has accepted a two-week ceasefire and that it would negotiate with the United States.
Two White House officials confirmed that Israel has also agreed to the two-week ceasefire and to suspend its bombing campaign on Iran.
In a post on his social media site, Trump said that he would suspend attacks on Iran for two weeks provided Tehran agreed “to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING” of the strait.