US President Donald Trump announced that the United States will suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks, on the condition of the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump wrote about this on the Social Truth Network.
The US President said that the truce would be bilateral. “We have received a ten-point proposal from Iran and believe it is a workable basis for negotiations,” Trump wrote.
Iranian authorities certain Agree on a truce. Tehran said in an official statement that the country “achieved a major victory and forced the criminal America to accept its ten-point plan.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in a separate message certainWithin two weeks, ships will be able to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, provided they coordinate their actions with the Iranian army. Trump later posted a screenshot of the message to Truth.
Iranian state media also reported that direct talks between Iran and the United States It will start April 10 in Pakistan. White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt certainThe United States is discussing this possibility, but stressed that it is worth waiting for Trump’s official statements on this matter.
The New York Times, citing three Iranian officials He writesTehran accepted the ceasefire proposal “after frantic diplomatic efforts by Pakistan” and the last-minute intervention of China, which called on Iran to “show flexibility.”
Israel like He writes CNN, citing a source, will join the two-week truce.
It is not clear exactly when the truce will take effect. After Donald Trump’s statement, Israel and the United Arab Emirates I mentioned Regarding the launch of new missiles and drones from Iran.
Trump’s message came less than two hours before the deadline he gave Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. He previously stated that otherwise “an entire civilization will perish tonight.”
A few hours before Trump’s statement, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the main mediator in the negotiations, publicly asked the US president to postpone the deadline by two weeks in order to reach a peace agreement. Meanwhile, Sharif asked Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz “as a gesture of good faith.”