Iran war: Trump announces two-week ceasefire

According to reports from the United States, Israel and Iran, Iran and Israel have also accepted a two-week ceasefire proposal by Pakistan.

the new York Times quoted Iranian officials as claiming that the ceasefire was approved by the country’s new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

In Iran, state media claim that US President Trump has “accepted Iran’s conditions for ending the war” and describe a “humiliating withdrawal from anti-Iran rhetoric”.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war, according to a report by the Associated Press.

Meanwhile, US broadcaster CNN quoted a senior White House official as saying, “Israel has also agreed to suspend its bombing campaign while negotiations continue.”

In Israel itself, public broadcaster Kan also reported that Israel is “committed” to a ceasefire.

The Israeli military said Wednesday morning that Iran had fired missiles toward Israel, moments after US President Donald Trump announced he had agreed to suspend for two weeks the devastating attack on Iranian infrastructure.

“[We] Missiles launched from Iran towards the territory of the State of Israel were identified,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wrote on its official Telegram channel. “Defensive systems are working to stop the threat.”

US President Donald Trump agreed to suspend attacks on Iran for two weeks, provided that Tehran reopens the Strait of Hormuz.

The announcement came less than two hours before his set deadline, which he claimed would lead to the death of “an entire civilization.”

In a message on social media, Trump wrote that, after speaking with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, he “[agreed] To suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.”

He said this was “subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the full, immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz.”

He said Iran has presented a ten-point proposal and believes it is “a practical basis for dialogue.”

He claimed that “almost all the various points of past dispute” had already been agreed upon, but did not elaborate.

Hello and welcome to our coverage of the ongoing conflict in Iran and the Middle East on Wednesday, April 8.

US President Donald Trump has announced a two-week ceasefire after receiving a 10-point proposal from Iran.

Trump had earlier set a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after which he threatened a massive attack on the country.