US President Donald Trump has agreed to halt attack on Iran for two weeks following a Pakistani proposal requesting a two-week extension to the US-imposed deadline on Iran’s regime to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. This announcement came just over an hour before 8PM Eastern Time deadline.
President Trump wrote on Truth Social Tuesday night, “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. This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!”
In a statement, Trump described ceasefire as a “double-sided ceasefire”. He added that the ceasefire would depend on Iran agreeing to the “complete, immediate, and safe opening” of the Strait of Hormoz. He says Iran has proposed a ‘workable’ 10-point peace plan that could help end war.
”Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated,” Trump added in his social media post.
Earlier, in a statement posted on X, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged Trump to extend his Iran deadline for two weeks to allow diplomacy to run its course. He called upon Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz during the two-week period as a “goodwill gesture.”
In a separate Truth Social post Tuesday morning in which President Trump has threatened to wipe out the “whole civilization” in Iran if the Strait of Hormoz is not reopen, which has been closed by Iran since the war began on February 28.
Moreover, Israel has agreed to take part in the two‑week ceasefire announced by Trump just 90 minutes before his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face escalated strikes on civilian infrastructure, a senior White House official confirmed, Reuters reported.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said that the Islamic Republic would engage in diplomacy with the US for two weeks and that talks would take place Friday in Islamabad.