Trump announces 2-week Iran ceasefire, backing off threat ‘a whole civilization will die’

By: Ashley Murray, Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: April 7, 2026

Words: 1,780

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump agreed Tuesday evening to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, at least delaying his threat of a catastrophic attack on the country’s civilian population as he said the countries were near a long-term peace agreement.

The ceasefire was negotiated with Pakistani leaders as intermediaries, Trump said in a post to his social media site, Truth Social. The deal was conditional on Iran agreeing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key …

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