President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran just hours after a world-shaking threat to eliminate the “whole” Iranian civilization.
In a post on his Truth Social platform just after 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, the U.S. commander in chief said senior Pakistani officials had brokered the temporary halting of hostilities, which would lead to Iran’s reopening of 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,” the president wrote. “This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!”
