WASHINGTON, April 8. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, provided the Strait of Hormuz is reopened. He also expressed confidence that the parties would be able to use the time to make an agreement to resolve the crisis.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in turn, declared victory and a "historic and crushing defeat" of the US and Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support for Washington’s decision to suspend strikes on Iran.
TASS has gathered the key statements by the parties.
"Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This will be a double sided ceasefire! The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive agreement concerning long-term peace with Iran, and peace in the Middle East," he added.
