US president says ceasefire being extended until Islamic Republic’s ‘seriously fractured’ leadership offers ‘a unified proposal,’ blockade to remain in place; Vance postpones Islamabad trip
Hours before a two-week ceasefire with Iran was set to expire, US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was extending the truce for the time being and that the US will hold off on attacking the Islamic Republic, after both countries warned that without a deal they were prepared to resume fighting.
According to Trump, the decision to extend the ceasefire was made at the request of Pakistani mediators, who said more time was needed for a fractured Iranian leadership to submit a proposal on a deal to permanently end the war. A second round of talks had been planned for Tuesday before being pushed to Wednesday and then delayed indefinitely by Trump, as the US and Pakistan await Iran’s response to the latest American proposal.
The move amounted to a major about-face for Trump, who repeatedly insisted — as recently as as earlier in the day — that he would not issue an extension of the ceasefire, which was supposed to expire at around 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 a.m. Israel time).
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