Trump suspends Iran attack, announces two-week ceasefire
Trump suspends attack on Iran's energy infrastructure after threatening to destroy its civilization. Announces 2-week ceasefire to negotiate 10-point peace plan proposed by Tehran.
President Donald Trump has suspended his looming attack on Iran's energy infrastructure, announcing a two-week ceasefire to negotiate a long-term peace agreement based on a "workable" 10-point proposal from Tehran. Just hours after warning that "a whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran refused to open the Strait of Hormuz, Trump reversed course following a direct appeal from Pakistani negotiators.
In a post on his social media platform, Trump described the move as a "double sided ceasefire," adding that the US has "already met and exceeded all Military objectives." However, he warned that the Iranian proposal is not good enough in its current form and that he would order devastating new airstrikes if no final deal is reached by the new deadline.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council has announced that negotiations with the United States will begin on Friday, April 10, in Islamabad, allocating a two-week period that may be extended by mutual agreement. The Council declared a "historic and crushing defeat" for the US, claiming Washington has been forced to accept Tehran's 10-point plan as the basis for talks.
The plan allegedly includes US commitments to non-aggression, Iran's continued control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of uranium enrichment, the lifting of all sanctions, termination of UN Security Council and IAEA resolutions, payment of war reparations, withdrawal of US combat forces from the region, and a halt to the war on all fronts. The Council stressed that national unity must be preserved and that these negotiations are "an extension of the battlefield."
