President Trump announced on Monday that Israel and Iran agree on a complete and total “ceasefire”, a decision which, according to him, would end a conflict of more than a week between the two countries-although a most final Iranian diplomat seems to be less definitive on an agreement.
Under the ceasefire announced by Mr. Trump, Iran would stop hitting Israel in six o’clock (midnight and Tuesday), and Israel should stop hit Iran 12 hours after (at noon and Tuesday). Then, after 12 noon, or at midnight and Wednesday, the war will be considered, a White House official confirmed to CBS News.
“At the 24th hour, an official end of the 12 -day war will be praised by Le Monde,” wrote the president Social truth.
A few hours after Mr. Trump’s post, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi suggested on x That Iran had stopped its strikes on Israel at 4 am, Tehran time (8:30 pm HE on Monday). Iran’s military operations “continued until the very last minute,” he wrote.
But Araghchi also wrote that “There is no” agreement “on a ceasefire or a cessation of military operations”, although he added that Iran did not plan to continue strikes on Israel if Israel also stops strikes at the same time. The calendar presented by Mr. Trump calls on Israel to stop hitting about 15 hours after the time specified by Araghchi.
“The final decision on the cessation of our military operations will be taken later,” wrote Araghchi.
CBS News contacted the White House for any response to the remarks of Araghchi.
In a Social truth Posted later Monday evening, following the comments of the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mr. Trump wrote, in part, that Israel and Iran “came to me, almost simultaneously, and said:” Peace! “I knew time was now.”
There has not yet been an official word from Israel on a ceasefire.
Before Araghchi’s comments, a senior White House official told CBS News that the two parties had accepted a cease-fire, Israel agree as there are no other Iranian strikes.
Trump communicated directly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while several other administration officials – Vice -President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East Steve Witkoff’s envoy – communicated with Iran by direct and indirect channels, said the White Chamber official.
Qatar has helped negotiate an agreement, said another White House official. Trump asked the Qatari emir to make Iran accept a ceasefire. Vance coordinated Qatari Prime Minister on details, and Iran accepted the ceasefire after talking to the Prime Minister. The official said that direct talks with Iran had taken place after Iran’s strike at the Al Udeid air base.
The conflict between Israel and Iran began on June 13 with Israel Launch of air strikes against Iranian nuclear and military targets. The strikes – who killed several senior Iranian military officials – provoked Iranian counterattacks in Israel.
At least 950 people were killed and 3,450 injured in the strikes of Israel in Iran, including a mixture of military personnel and civilians, human rights activists said to the group Associated Press. Iran’s attacks have killed at least 24 people in Israel, according to Israeli officials.
The United States has taken military measures against Iran during the weekend, Stronging three sites which are considered the key to Iran nuclear program. This decision sparked fears of a broader war, but Iran’s response on Monday was quite limited. Iran fired more than a dozen missiles in a American base in QatarMost of which have been intercepted, and no injury has been reported, said US and Qatari officials.
Iran called its “devastating and powerful” response, but Trump called it “very weak”. The president declared in another article on social networks that he wanted to “thank Iran for having given us a notice, which only allowed no life is lost”.
The dispute on the Iran nuclear program still persists
It is not clear how the announcement of the ceasefire will have a wider impact on the fate of the Iranian nuclear program.
The Israel campaign was mainly intended for the Iranian nuclear program, as the storage of the country of uranium close to the quality of weapons has grown rapidly in recent months, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Israel has alleged Iran was secretly “running towards a nuclear bomb”. But earlier this year, US intelligence agencies assessed that Iran did not manufacture nuclear weapons, although “the pressure was probably built” for the Iranian supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to reautorize the country’s nuclear weapons program.
Mr. Trump said last week He believed that the intelligence community was “wrong” of Iran’s nuclear ambition, saying to journalists: “I think they were very close to having one”. Secretary of state Marco Rubio called the question “out of words” in a Interview Sunday On CBS News “Face The Nation with Margaret Brennan,” saying that Iranian officials “have everything they need to build the weapon”.
Iran has long insisted that its uranium enrichment program is peaceful.
For weeks, Trump asked for a broader agreement with Iran to limit his nuclear program, but even before Israel begins to conclude Iran, administration officials had become frustrated With what they considered Iran’s reluctance to negotiate, an American official told CBS News. Trump suggested that Iran should abandon all enrichment of uranium, but Iran rejected this request.
Mr. Trump said during the weekend The United States strikes had “erased” three Iranian nuclear sites, including two underground enrichment facilities of uranium, although Iran has minimized damage.
It is a story in development. Come back for updates.
Margaret Brennan contributed to this report.
