(AURN News) — Less than 90 minutes before his 8 p.m. Eastern deadline, and just 24 hours after warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran in a post on Truth Social.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir, he said, asked him personally to hold off the strikes. He agreed on one condition: that Iran immediately and fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said Iran submitted a 10-point peace plan proposal and that most of it has already been agreed to. Among the reported terms are a U.S. commitment to non-aggression, controlled passage through the strait, an end to sanctions, the release of frozen Iranian assets and war damage compensation paid through shipping tolls.
Formal negotiations begin Friday in Islamabad. However, the deal is already under strain. Drone attacks struck Kuwait after the ceasefire was announced. The question now is whether it will hold.
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