United States President Donald Trump says Iran and Israel have agreed to a “total and complete” ceasefire.
The US president announced that the ceasefire will take
effect on Tuesday, saying it will effectively bring the 12-day war to a close.
“Officially, Iran will start the ceasefire and, upon the
12th hour, Israel will start the ceasefire and, upon the 24th hour, an official
end to the 12-day war will be saluted by the world,” Trump wrote on Truth
Social.
“During each ceasefire, the other side will remain peaceful
and respectful. On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it
will, I would like to congratulate both countries, Israel and Iran, on having
the stamina, courage, and intelligence to end what should be called ‘The 12-Day
War’.
“This is a war that could have gone on for years, and
destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn’t, and never will! God bless
Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States
of America, and God bless the world.”
Trump added that Israel and Iran approached him “almost
simultaneously” for peace.
Iranian state TV news channel IRINN, however, said Trump
“begged” for a ceasefire.
In a post on his X page, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign
minister, said his country has “no intention” of continuing the war if Israel
stops.
Araghchi added that the cessation of military hostilities is
dependent on Israel’s next actions.
“However, provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal
aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4am Tehran time, we have no
intention to continue our response afterwards,” he said.
“The final decision on the cessation of our military
operations will be made later.”
The ceasefire announcement came hours after Trump had hinted
at the possibility of a regime change in Iran.
The US had bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities over the
weekend, after a week of hostilities between Israel and Iran.
Iran responded on Monday by launching retaliatory missile
strikes at US air bases in Qatar and Iraq.
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