The pause in attacks is mutual, but Iran needs to do one crucial thing for the agreement to come into effect. White House guarantees that Israel agrees to pause attacks
There was less than an hour and a half left before the deadline given by the President of the United States to Iran when Donald Trump himself announced that he accepted the ceasefire requested by Pakistan.
According to a publication made in his Truth Social, Donald Trump subjects this agreement, which provides for the suspension of all attacks by both sides, to the “complete, immediate and safe opening” of the Strait of Hormuz, the economic artery of global oil and natural gas that is Iran’s greatest asset.
“I agreed to suspend bombings and attacks for a period of two weeks. This will be a ceasefire on both sides”, he reiterated, at the end of a day that began with the threat of the “death of a civilization”.
With the usual tone in his publications and statements, Donald Trump made a point of coming out on top, noting that he also accepts this agreement because the United States “has already achieved and exceeded its military objectives”.
A two-week ceasefire that, according to the American president, also brings the parties “much closer” to a full peace agreement not only in Iran, but throughout the Middle East, at a time when the war has already exceeded a month of attacks on both sides.
“We received a 10-point proposal from Iran and we believe that it is a workable basis on which we negotiate”, he reiterated, ensuring that the points of greatest tension between the United States and Iran have already been overcome.
Furthermore, this two-week pause should serve, according to Donald Trump, to “finalize and consummate” a total peace agreement, with a third party involved, Israel, which agreed to this ceasefire. According to CNN, which cites a White House official, Tel Aviv will also suspend all attacks on the enemy.
Donald Trump’s announcement comes on a day when rhetoric from both sides was very inflammatory. If the White House threatened to extinguish a civilization, Tehran stated that bridges and roads in several Middle Eastern countries would be considered targets as soon as there was an attack on energy infrastructure.
