US President Donald Trump on Tuesday agreed to suspend attacks on Iran for two weeks, subject to Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said the agreement “be a double sided CEASEFIRE,” and that Washington received a 10-point proposal from Iran that is a “workable basis on which to negotiate.”
Iran has not commented on Trump’s announcement, which came less than two hours before his 8 pm ET deadline where he warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if a deal with Iran was not reached.
Still, Trump had left himself with an off-ramp, and had suggested earlier that deadline “could change.”
Lawmakers were uneasy over his threat, with one Republican hoping it’s “bluster” and another saying: “I do not support the destruction of a ‘whole civilization.’”