A tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Iran held Wednesday despite early tensions, sparking cautious optimism for a potential long-term peace deal as Tehran remained adamant about continuing its nuclear program.
The cease-fire took hold Tuesday, the 12th day of the war between Israel and Iran, with each side initially accusing the other of violating it until the missiles, drones and bombs finally stopped.
On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump, who helped negotiate the cease-fire, told reporters at a NATO summit in the Netherlands that it was going "very well."
"They’re not going to have a bomb and they’re not going to enrich," Trump said about Iran.
Iran has insisted, however, that it will not give up its nuclear program and in a vote underscoring the tough path ahead, Iranian parliament agreed to fast-track a proposal that would effectively stop the country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Vienna-based U.N. watchdog that has been monitoring the Iranian nuclear program for years.
