The president claimed the US has already met and exceeded all military objectives and is now giving diplomacy more time.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has asked US President Donald Trump for a two-week deadline extension after the US president threatened “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Tehran does not yield to his demands.
“To allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request President Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks. Pakistan, in all sincerity, requests the Iranian brothers to open Strait of Hormuz for a corresponding period of two weeks as a goodwill gesture,” Sharif said in a post on X.
The White House has confirmed that Trump has been informed of Pakistan’s request and “a response will come.” Trump confirmed that his administration is still in “heated negotiations” with the Iranian side, with Vice President J.D. Vance reportedly serving as the US interlocutor.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam has called Islamabad’s initiative a “step forward” from a critical stage.
Iran is positively reviewing Pakistan’s request, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Trump is also aware of the proposal from Islamabad, and a response will come soon, Axios reported, citing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Israel has warned Iranians to avoid trains for their “safety” as the US has threatened to “demolish” infrastructure ahead of Trump’s Tuesday deadline, dubbed “Power Plant Day” and “Bridge Day”
Did the Epic Idiot ask Israel’s permission to cease fire?
Or,…. maybe Israel wanted this ceasefire? To avoid abandoning more Israeli cities.
But the Iranians haven’t accepted the ceasefire yet – why would they?
Whatever happens the US has permanently sullied its reputation. I look at everything I buy and if its a US company or has a made in US label I simply wont touch it. As for political parties who suck up to these monsters, I’ll NEVER EVER vote for you.
This appears to be Iran’s position on the ceasefire – https://wanaen.com/irans-supreme-national-security-council-statement-on-two-week-ceasefire/
Iran expects the USA to guarantee Iran’s continued control of the Strait of Hormuz, the acceptance of enrichment, the lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions, the termination of all resolutions of the Security Council and the Board of Governors, the payment of Iran’s damages, the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from the region, and the cessation of war on all fronts etc etc. I doubt that USA Israel agreed to all that. So this is just a temporary pause for both sides to re-arm and rebuild.
Not so sure about that. The fact nuclear armed Pakistan has stepped in tends to suggest in spite of the “polite” tone of their request to the creeps in Washington, the unspoken part is they wont have this escalate further. Their concern as a neighbour is no doubt the potential for the use of low yield nuclear weapons and maybe attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities both of which would have a direct and wholly dire impact on Pakistan and the region. No doubt too, their own people are not happy about this and expect action.
So whilst Iran wont get everything in its rather flowery and grandiose declaration, its may well get a good swag of what it wants.
Yanks at war: Start a war, kill a number of its own and allies in “friendly fire” then run away leaving locals worse off the before.