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Zac de Silva, Grace Crivellaro and Tess Ikonomou

Trump chided over 'extraordinary' Iran war threats

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed the announcement of an Iran ceasefire deal. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

A deal to pause fighting in Iran and reopen a key trade route for oil is a positive move, but Donald Trump's threat to end Iranian civilisation is cause for concern, the prime minister says.

The US president has agreed to stop attacking Iran for two weeks in exchange for the reopening of the economically critical Strait of Hormuz.

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