US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran on the evening of Tuesday, April 7, in Washington, DC, meaning it was due to expire on Tuesday, April 21.
’Lots of Bombs Start Going Off’
Trump: Ceasefire Extension ‘Highly Unlikely’ if No Deal by Wednesday Night
Trump: “they will not have a nuclear weapon. They’ll have no access to, no chance of having, a nuclear weapon. And we can’t allow that to happen. That could be the destruction of the world, and we’re not going to let that happen,” he added.
“And I have to say, we had no choice in Iran. It wasn’t like we had a choice. We had to do it,” Trump said.
Wednesday evening Eastern time marks the expiration of the two-week ceasefire in the war between the United States and Iran, and bombing will resume if a deal is not reached, according to reports of phone interviews with President Donald Trump.
Iran’s Top Negotiator Rejects Talks ‘Under Threat’
Warns Regime ‘Ready to Reveal New Battlefield Cards’
Ceasefire Looms
Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, declared late Monday that Tehran will not negotiate with the United States “under the shadow of threats,” warning Tehran is prepared to “reveal new cards on the battlefield” as a ceasefire deadline looms and the fate of renewed talks remains uncertain.
Tehran spurns talks under threats; Trump says blockade stays
- Diplomatic efforts to end the US-Israel war on Iran remain uncertain, with Tehran saying it will not negotiate under the “shadow of threats”.
- US President Donald Trump says the blockade on Iranian ports will remain until Tehran agrees to a deal.
- Lebanon and Israel will head back to Washington, DC, for another round of talks on Thursday to end hostilities.
- Israel continues to bombard southern Lebanon, wounding six people in an air attack on the town of Qaaqaaiyet El Jisr and demolishing homes in the town of Khiam in violation of a 10-day ceasefire.
- Trump says Iran will negotiate with the US or face “problems like they’ve never seen before” amid continued uncertainty over whether Tehran can be persuaded to send a delegation to Pakistan’s Islamabad.
- He also says Iran’s nuclear sites have been totally obliterated and that “digging it out will be a long and difficult process”.
- Iran has lodged a complaint with the UN over the US’s seizure of its cargo ship, condemning it as a barbarous act that violates international law.
- Stock markets in Asia have rebounded on early trading, with investors holding on to hopes that the US and Iran may resume peace talks.
- Dozens of US veterans and their family members have been arrested after they occupied a congressional building in Washington, DC, in a protest against the war on Iran.
Iran files complaint at UN over the US’s ‘illegal, barbarous’ ship seizure
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has lodged a formal complaint with the UN secretary-general and the International Maritime Organization over the US seizure of the Iranian merchant vessel Touska on Monday, condemning it as an “illegal and barbarous act” that violates both international law and the ceasefire agreement.