US and Iran agree to two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan
The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan. Donald Trump announced the agreement late on Tuesday, April 8, just two hours before a deadline he had set for Iran to open the blockaded Strait of Hormuz or face the destruction of its "whole civilisation".
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he had invited Iranian and U.S. delegations to meet in Islamabad on Friday. The deal is subject to Iran's agreement to pause its blockade of oil and gas passing through the strait, Trump said. Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, said in a statement that Tehran would cease counter-attacks and provide safe passage through the waterway - if attacks against it stopped. Crowds took to the streets of Iran overnight to celebrate. The ceasefire suspends the war launched on February 28 by Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had said at the time that they sought to prevent Iran from projecting force beyond its borders, end its nuclear programme and create conditions for Iranians to topple their rulers. Trump told the French news agency AFP that the ceasefire represented a "total and complete victory" and said on Truth Social that the U.S. had achieved its military objectives.
Netanyahu's office said Israel supported the decision to suspend strikes on Iran for two weeks. Opposition politician Yair Lapid said, "There has never been such a diplomatic disaster in all our history". Container shipper Maersk said it was not yet making changes.
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The United States and Iran are involved in a conflict that has disrupted global energy supplies. Pakistan has stepped in to broker a potential agreement- but what could this mean for the region?
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