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Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said it has accepted a two-week ceasefire successful the war. Its connection said it would negociate with the United States successful Islamabad opening Friday.
“It is emphasized that this does not signify the termination of the war,” the connection said. “Our hands stay upon the trigger, and should the slightest mistake beryllium committed by the enemy, it shall beryllium met with afloat force.”
U.S. President Donald Trump said he’s pulling backmost connected his threats to widen attacks connected Iran. The president said that includes an array of bridges, powerfulness plants and different civilian targets — taxable to Iran being acceptable for a two-week ceasefire and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump’s latest menace implicit the Iran warfare deed a caller utmost earlier Tuesday erstwhile helium warned, “A full civilization volition dice tonight, ne'er to beryllium brought backmost again,” if Iran fails to marque a woody that includes reopening the captious Strait of Hormuz.
The Republican president’s earlier comments were swiftly met with condemnation from Democrats, immoderate “Make America Great Again” supporters who person since breached with Trump, and the archetypal American pope.
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Israel says ceasefire with Iran doesn’t see warfare successful Lebanon against Hezbollah
In a connection Wednesday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau said it supports Trump’s determination to suspend strikes against Iran for 2 weeks, but that it doesn’t see the warfare with Hezbollah successful Lebanon.
It said the ceasefire is taxable to Iran instantly opening the Strait of Hormuz and stopping each attacks connected the U.S., Israel and countries successful the region.
The connection said Israel besides supports U.S. efforts to guarantee Iran nary longer poses a atomic oregon rocket threat.
Governments successful Asia and the Pacific invited ceasefire
Australia said it “welcomes the statement by the United States, Israel and Iran to a two-week ceasefire to negociate a solution to the struggle successful the Middle East.”
“The Australian authorities has been calling for de-escalation and an extremity to the struggle for immoderate clip now,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Wednesday successful a statement.
They besides criticized “Iran’s de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, coupled with its attacks connected commercialized vessels, civilian infrastructure, and lipid and state facilities.”
In Japan Minoru Kihara, main furniture secretary, said his federation “welcomes the announcement arsenic a affirmative development. We anticipation they scope an agreement.”
Winston Peters, New Zealand’s overseas minister, said connected X, that his federation welcomed the effort to extremity the war.
“While this is encouraging news, determination remains important important enactment to beryllium done successful the coming days to unafraid a lasting ceasefire,” helium said.
Australia PM says Trump’s menace to Iranian civilization was not appropriate
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Trump’s menace to the Iranian colonisation was not appropriate.
Albanese referred to Trump’s menace that “a full civilization volition dice tonight, ne'er to beryllium brought backmost again,” if Iran failed to marque a bid woody that included reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
“I don’t deliberation it’s due to usage connection specified arsenic that from the President of the United States. And I deliberation it volition origin immoderate concern,” Albanese told Sky News tv connected Wednesday.
“We’ve said precise intelligibly that the behaviour of immoderate struggle indispensable beryllium wrong planetary instrumentality and that provides for making definite that civilians — who aren’t parties to the struggle — are fixed each extortion possible,” Albanese added.
Albanese described the statement reached by the United States, Israel and Iran to a two-week ceasefire to negociate a solution to the struggle arsenic “positive news.”
Pro-government demonstrators instrumentality to the streets successful Tehran
Pro-government demonstrators successful the streets of Iran’s superior Wednesday greeting aft the ceasefire was announced screamed: “Death to America, decease to Israel, decease to compromisers!”
Organizers tried astatine 1 constituent to calm demonstrators, but they continued the chants.
They besides burned American and Israeli flags successful the street.
It shows the ongoing choler from hard-liners, who had been preparing for what galore assumed would beryllium an apocalyptic conflict with the U.S.
Iran includes ‘acceptance of enrichment’ successful Farsi mentation of its ceasefire plan
Iran successful the Farsi-language mentation of its 10-point ceasefire program included the operation “acceptance of enrichment” for its atomic program, thing that was missing successful English versions shared by Iranian diplomats to journalists.
It wasn’t instantly wide wherefore that word was missing.
However, Trump had said ending Iran’s atomic programme wholly was a cardinal constituent of the war.
Trump aft Iran issued its 10-point program had described it arsenic fraudulent, without elaborating.
Israel is inactive attacking Iran, subject authoritative says
The official, who spoke connected information of anonymity successful enactment with regulations, said aboriginal Wednesday that Israel was inactive attacking Iran.
Moments earlier the White House said Israel had agreed to the presumption of the two-week US-Iran ceasefire agreement.
Iran besides kept up occurrence connected Israel.
— Sam Mednick
Israeli onslaught kills astatine slightest 8 radical successful confederate Lebanese coastal city
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said different 22 radical were wounded successful the onslaught connected Sidon.
The onslaught came without warning, and the Israeli subject did not instantly specify who it was targeting.
At slightest 1,530 radical person been killed successful the latest warfare betwixt Israel and the Hezbollah militant group.
Pakistan invites Iran and the US to talks successful Islamabad connected Friday
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said helium is inviting Iran and the United States to conscionable successful Islamabad and person further discussions.
In a station connected X, Sharif said that some parties person agreed connected the ceasefire.
“I warmly invited the sagacious motion and widen deepest gratitude to the enactment of some the countries,” helium said. “And invitation their delegations to Islamabad connected Friday, 10th April 2026, to further negociate for a conclusive statement to settee each disputes.”
There has been nary nationalist effect from the U.S. oregon Iran to the invitation.
US confirms merchandise of writer kidnapped by Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia successful Iraq
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed successful a connection that American writer Shelley Kittleson, who was kidnapped past week successful Iraq, has been released.
Kittleson was abducted by the Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah from a thoroughfare country successful Baghdad connected March 31.
Rubio said successful a connection posted connected X, “We are relieved that this American is present freed and are moving to enactment her harmless departure from Iraq.”
He thanked Iraqi authorities, arsenic good arsenic the FBI and U.S. defence section and different U.S. agencies for their enactment toward securing Kittleson’s release.
Vance was progressive successful talks arsenic deadline drew closer
As the timepiece inched person to Trump’s projected 8 p.m. deadline with nary solution successful sight, U.S. Vice President JD Vance got roped into the speech precocious Tuesday, according to an authoritative from 1 of the mediating countries who was briefed connected the substance and spoke connected the information of anonymity to stock delicate diplomatic discussions.
Vance’s bureau did not instantly person a comment.
Vance is presently traveling successful Hungary.
— Farnoush Amiri and Michelle L. Price
Neither Iran nor the US has offered immoderate clip for the ceasefire to begin
But a U.S. official, speaking connected information of anonymity to sermon delicate subject operations, said American forces had halted violative operations.
Iran continued to occurrence astatine Gulf Arab states and Israel, contempt Pakistan saying the ceasefire had taken clasp immediately.
—- Jon Gambrell
Chinese officials encouraged Iran to find way to ceasefire with US, AP sources say
China, which is Tehran’s biggest commercialized partner, spoke with the Iranians to get them connected board, according to 2 officials who were not authorized to remark publically and spoke connected information of anonymity.
Chinese officials were successful interaction with Iranian officials to promote Tehran to find a way to a ceasefire woody arsenic the negotiations were evolving, the officials said.
Beijing chiefly had been moving with intermediaries, including Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt, arsenic it tried to usage its influence, said 1 of the officials, who was not authorized to remark publically connected the diplomatic matter.
The Chinese overseas ministry did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.
Earlier Tuesday, Mao Ning, a spokesperson for the Chinese overseas ministry, said, “All parties request to show sincerity and rapidly extremity this warfare that should not person happened successful the archetypal place.” She said China was “deeply concerned” astir the interaction the struggle has connected the satellite system and vigor security.
— Farnoush Amiri and Aamer Madhani
Iran and Oman to beryllium allowed to complaint for Strait of Hormuz passage
The two-week ceasefire program includes allowing some Iran and Oman to complaint fees connected ships transiting done the Strait of Hormuz, the constrictive rima of the Persian Gulf, a determination authoritative said Wednesday.
The authoritative said Iran would usage the wealth it raised for reconstruction. It wasn’t instantly wide what Oman would usage its wealth for.
The strait is successful the territorial waters of some Oman and Iran. The satellite had considered the transition an planetary waterway and ne'er paid tolls before.
The official, who had been straight progressive successful the negotiations, spoke connected information of anonymity to sermon interior deliberations.
— Samy Magdy
Pentagon property briefing acceptable for Wednesday morning
The announcement of the property league with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, comes aft the president announced the ceasefire agreement.
Israel agrees to presumption of the two-week US-Iran ceasefire agreement, White House authoritative says
The authoritative was not authorized to remark publically and spoke connected information of anonymity.
Pakistan, which brokered the ceasefire deal, says it extends to Israel and Hezbollah warring successful Lebanon.
— Aamer Madhani
There are concerns successful Israel astir ceasefire agreement, says AP source
That’s according to a idiosyncratic acquainted with the concern who spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not allowed to talk to the media.
The idiosyncratic said Israel would similar to execute much successful the warfare with Iran.
— Sam Mednick
Leavitt says negotiations volition continue
Asked for clarity connected what Trump meant by the Iranian bid connection being “workable,” White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said, “President Trump’s words talk for themselves: this is simply a workable ground to negotiate, and those negotiations volition continue.”
“The information is that President Trump and our almighty subject got Iran to hold to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and negotiations volition continue,” Leavitt said successful a statement.
Oil prices plunge aft Trump pulls backmost connected threats to widen attacks
Futures for U.S. crude lipid sank 18% to astir $92.60, portion Brent crude lipid futures fell astir 6% to $103.40.
Both prices stay good supra wherever they were astatine the commencement of the war.
Futures for the S&P 500 roseate 2.4%.
US signaled to Israel that strikes were meant to amusement Iran what could come, authoritative says
Some Israeli officials had begun speculating arsenic Trump neared his self-imposed deadline that helium was edging toward uncovering an off-ramp adjacent arsenic helium offered progressively menacing rhetoric, according to idiosyncratic privy to interior deliberations.
The U.S. medication had signaled to Israelis that the strikes connected subject assets connected Kharg Island earlier Tuesday and the targeting of Iran’s 2 main petrochemical hubs, Mahshahr and Assaluyeh, were sending a wide connection to Tehran of what would travel if Trump chose to further intensify the bombardment, according to the idiosyncratic who requested anonymity to sermon the matter.
Israeli officials were skeptical and believed the evident breakthrough could unravel and pb to further escalation if the Iranians don’t marque bully connected rapidly opening the Strait of Hormuz, the idiosyncratic added.
— Aamer Madhani
US subject has halted each violative operations against Iran, US authoritative says
The official, who spoke connected information of anonymity to picture delicate subject operations, noted that antiaircraft measures and operations would inactive beryllium successful effect.
It comes aft President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire statement with the Islamic Republic.
— Konstantin Toropin
White House doesn’t instantly clarify what Trump meant by ‘workable’ Iranian plan
The White House connected Tuesday nighttime did not reply messages connected wherefore the president described Iran’s 10-point bid program arsenic “workable.”
Among the points communicated by Tehran were an easing of U.S. sanctions connected Iran and “the withdrawal of United States combat forces from each bases and points of deployment wrong the region.”
In his societal media station announcing a postponement of his threatened bombing campaign, Trump wrote: “We received a 10 constituent connection from Iran, and judge it is simply a workable ground connected which to negotiate.”
The White House did not instantly clarify what Trump meant oregon supply details connected what a “basis” for aboriginal negotiations mightiness entail.
Missile alerts dependable contempt Iran and US saying they’ve reached a ceasefire
Israel and the United Arab Emirates some sounded rocket alerts aboriginal Wednesday, contempt Iran and the United States saying they had reached a two-week ceasefire successful the war.
It wasn’t instantly wide what was being targeted successful the 2 countries, which bore the brunt of the rocket and drone occurrence during the war.
Throughout the war, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has called the shots successful each decisions. Individual commanders person made decisions connected what to onslaught and when, with the nation’s governmental enactment sidelined.
Whether they agreed to halt shooting with the declared ceasefire and negotiations being planned successful Islamabad remained successful question.
However, galore Mideast wars spot combatants motorboat last-minute attacks to beryllium capable to assertion triumph with their populations.
Also not clear: What Iran means successful referencing ‘withdrawal’ of US combat forces
In question is different constituent messaged by the Iranians — “the withdrawal of United States combat forces from each bases and points of deployment wrong the region.”
The U.S. has maintained a web of subject bases done the Persian Gulf for decades aft the 1991 Gulf War with Iraq.
The bases person served arsenic the region’s main information guarantor and provided extortion for the energy-rich Gulf Arab states.
Iran did not define, however, what it meant by “combat forces,” perchance giving wiggle country for those bases to remain.
But immoderate step-down successful unit levels successful the portion apt would choler the Gulf Arab states that person suffered done weeks of war.
It isn’t wide if Iran volition loosen its chokehold connected the waterway that’s important to planetary vigor supplies
Iran’s overseas curate says that ships would beryllium allowed to walk done the Strait of Hormuz, the constrictive rima of the Persian Gulf, implicit the adjacent 2 weeks nether coordination from Iran’s military.
About a 5th of the world’s lipid transits the strait successful peacetime.
Araghchi wrote successful a connection that: “For a play of 2 weeks, harmless transition done the Strait of Hormuz volition beryllium imaginable via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces and with owed information of method limitations.”
Before the war, determination were nary “technical limitations.” Over 100 ships a time passed done the h2o successful Iranian and Omani territorial waters successful a decades-old postulation system.
But immoderate step-down successful unit levels successful the portion apt would choler the Gulf Arab states that person suffered done weeks of war.
Iran’s mentation of its 10-point program says Strait of Hormuz would beryllium taxable to ‘regulated passage’
Iran’s mentation of the 10-point program included its assertion that the Strait of Hormuz would beryllium taxable to “regulated transition ... nether the coordination of the Armed Forces of Iran.”
It added that it would beryllium “thereby conferring upon Iran a unsocial economical and geopolitical standing.” It would besides person afloat sanctions relief.
These presumption would correspond an bonzer measurement down by the U.S. aft 47 years of hostilities with Iran, starting from the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran says its acceptance of a ceasefire doesn’t mean an extremity to the war
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said Wednesday it had accepted a two-week ceasefire successful the war.
Its connection said it would negociate with the United States successful Islamabad opening Friday.
“It is emphasized that this does not signify the termination of the war,” the connection said. “Our hands stay upon the trigger, and should the slightest mistake beryllium committed by the enemy, it shall beryllium met with afloat force.”
Trump says talks with Pakistani officials helped pb to his determination to hold bombing campaign
In his societal media post, Trump said helium decided to hold an enlargement of U.S. strikes “based connected conversations” with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Gen. Asim Munir, Pakistan’s almighty service chief.
Sharif, successful a station connected the societal level X earlier Tuesday, urged Trump to widen his deadline by 2 weeks to let diplomacy to advance. Pakistan has been starring negotiations.
Sharif utilized the aforesaid station to inquire Iran to unfastened the Strait of Hormuz for 2 weeks.
Trump’s 2nd word has mostly been defined by his eagerness to marque intimidating threats
And past to retreat if a backlash ensues — a improvement his critics person derided arsenic “Trump Always Chickens Out,” oregon TACO.
The president backed disconnected connected galore of the sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs helium archetypal announced successful April 2025 aft they caused the fiscal markets to spell haywire.
He besides mostly dropped threats to enforce precocious levies connected galore imported products from China, Mexico, the European Union and Canada — among different commercialized partners.
Perhaps the astir spectacular illustration came during a January gathering of the World Economic Forum successful Davos, wherever Trump insisted that helium wanted the U.S. to get Greenland “including right, rubric and ownership,” lone to power people and wantonness his menace to enforce wide tariffs connected Europe to property his case.
Trump says Iran has projected a ‘workable’ 10-point bid program that could assistance extremity war
The president added successful his societal media station that Iran has presented “a workable ground connected which to negotiate.”
“Almost each of the assorted points of past contention person been agreed to betwixt the United States and Iran, but a two-week play volition let the Agreement to beryllium finalized and consummated,” Trump said successful the post.
Trump says he’s pulling backmost connected his threats to widen attacks
The president says that includes an array of bridges, powerfulness plants and different civilian targets — taxable to Iran being acceptable for a two-week ceasefire and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
In a station connected his societal media tract connected Tuesday evening, Trump said Iran could hold “to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz” and said that he’d past “suspend the bombing and onslaught of Iran for a play of 2 weeks.”
Since the warfare began successful February, Trump has acceptable a bid of deadlines threatening escalation of the conflict, lone to backmost disconnected conscionable earlier they expire.
Iran threatens to chopped US and its allies disconnected from the region’s lipid and state ‘for years’
Iran’s associated subject bid spokesperson made the informing successful a connection responding to U.S.-Israeli attacks.
Ebrahim Zolfaghari said Iran volition intensify its attacks connected military, security, and economical infrastructure successful Israel and connected “centers related to” the U.S. successful the region.
Zolfaghari said Iran’s continued attacks connected the infrastructure of the U.S. and its allies purpose to deprive them of the region’s lipid and state supplies “for galore years” and “force them to leave” the Middle East.
White House insists that Trump stands with guiltless civilians successful Iran
That’s according to a connection by spokeswoman Anna Kelly successful effect to disapproval the president’s comments person received.
“As President Trump has said, Iran tin ne'er person a atomic weapon, and the Iranian radical invited the dependable of bombs due to the fact that it means their oppressors are losing,” the connection says.
“The President volition ever basal with guiltless civilians portion annihilating the terrorists liable for threatening our state and the full satellite with a atomic weapon. Greater demolition tin beryllium avoided if the authorities understands the seriousness of this infinitesimal and makes a woody with the United States.”
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4 wounded successful Qatar aft interception of Iranian missiles
Qatar’s Interior Ministry said precocious Tuesday that falling debris deed a residence successful the Muraikh area, moderately wounding 4 people, including a child, arsenic the state responds to Iranian attacks.
Trump uses the connection of annihilation to endanger Iran
The president who yearned for a Nobel Peace Prize and erstwhile reveled successful the quality of solving conflicts has turned to the connection of annihilation arsenic helium struggles to find a solution to his warfare of prime successful Iran.
Donald Trump’s latest menace implicit the Iran warfare deed a caller utmost Tuesday arsenic helium warned, “A full civilization volition dice tonight, ne'er to beryllium brought backmost again,” if Iran fails to marque a woody that includes reopening the captious Strait of Hormuz.
His comments were swiftly met with condemnation from Democrats, immoderate “Make America Great Again” supporters who person since breached with Trump, and the archetypal American pope. Some chap Republicans suggested his comments were a negotiating tactic.
Pakistan’s overseas curate briefs Saudi, Egyptian, Turkish counterparts connected bid efforts
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar precocious Tuesday briefed his Saudi, Egyptian and Turkish counterparts connected Islamabad’s efforts to beforehand dialog and diplomatic engagement successful pursuit of bid and stableness successful the region.
The Foreign Ministry says Dar and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan discussed the determination situation, and that Dar besides spoke with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
Iranians fearfulness powerfulness outages arsenic Trump’s deadline nears
Three times a week, Asghar Hashemi undergoes dialysis attraction astatine a infirmary successful bluish Tehran. He fears that if powerfulness stations are knocked out, arsenic Trump has threatened, his beingness volition beryllium successful danger.
Tehran residents rushed Tuesday to banal up connected bottled h2o and complaint cellphones, flashlights and portable powerfulness banks arsenic the hours ticked down to Trump’s latest ultimatum.
“I americium worried, but I americium much disquieted astir my chap citizens,” Hashemi said, lying connected his furniture astatine Tajrish Martyrs Hospital for treatment. “Whatever happens, we volition basal until the end.”
Alaska Republican legislator says Trump’s Iran rhetoric ‘endangers’ Americans
Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski connected Tuesday said President Trump’s menace “that ‘a full civilization volition dice tonight’ cannot beryllium excused distant arsenic an effort to summation leverage successful negotiations with Iran.”
She said connected societal media that the rhetoric is an “affront” to ideas the U.S. has agelong sought to uphold and beforehand astir the world.
“It undermines our long-standing relation arsenic a planetary beacon of state and straight endangers Americans some overseas and astatine home,” she said.
Murkowski, a centrist who astatine times has been captious of Trump, called connected each those progressive successful the struggle — including Trump and Iran’s leaders — to “de-escalate their unprecedented saber-rattling earlier it is excessively late.”
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