President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran on April 7, about 90 minutes before his 8 p.m. deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or have its energy and transportation systems destroyed.
"I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks," Trump said in a statement on social media.
The ceasefire announcement marks the fourth time Trump has moved back a deadline set against Iran since the war began Feb. 28.
The April 7 agreement came nearly 11 hours after Trump escalated his threats against Iran to include obliteration: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” he posted at 8:06 a.m. EDT.
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