President Donald Trump has announced a two-week suspension of bombing of Iranian energy infrastructure, agreeing to a “double sided ceasefire” contingent on Tehran agreeing to the “complete” and “immediate” opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
The US president said Iran’s 10-point proposal delivered via Pakistan offers a “workable basis on which to negotiate.” Trump warned, however, that it is not good enough in its current form – and said he would order devastating new airstrikes if no final deal is reached by the new deadline.
Tehran said the move represents a “historic and crushing defeat” for the US, claiming Washington has been forced to accept Tehran’s 10‑point plan as the basis for talks.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has announced that negotiations with the United States will begin on Friday, April 10, in Islamabad, allocating a two‑week period that may be extended by mutual agreement.
Key developments:
- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif previously asked President 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.
- Tehran's 10-point plan allegedly includes US commitments to non‑aggression, Iran’s continued control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of uranium enrichment, the lifting of all sanctions, termination of UN Security Council and IAEA resolutions, payment of war reparations, withdrawal of US combat forces from the region, and a halt to the war on all fronts, including against the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has called a ceasefire with Iran “a victory for the United States that President Trump and our incredible military made happen.”
“The success of our military created maximum leverage, allowing President Trump and the team to engage in tough negotiations that have now created an opening for a diplomatic solution and long-term peace,” she said.
“Additionally, President Trump got the Strait of Hormuz reopened. Never underestimate President Trump’s ability to successfully advance America’s interests and broker peace,” she added.
The IDF has struck Lebanon at least twice since President Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire that, according to Pakistani mediators, is supposed to include Israel’s northern neighbor. Al Jazeera reports that one strike hit near a hospital in the city of Tyre, while another targeted the town of Machghara in the Bekaa Valley.
A senior Israeli official has claimed that Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz “without getting any of its demands in advance” – including a commitment to a final end to the war, reparations, or the removal of heavy sanctions. The official said the Trump administration coordinated the two‑week ceasefire with Israel in advance, and that during upcoming negotiations, the US will demand that Iran remove all nuclear material, halt uranium enrichment, and eliminate its ballistic missile threat.
Chinese officials encouraged Iran to find a path to a ceasefire with the United States as negotiations evolved, according to two officials who spoke with AP on condition of anonymity. Beijing reportedly primarily worked through intermediaries including Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt to leverage its influence as Tehran’s biggest trade partner.
Crowds of people have taken to the streets of Tehran overnight to celebrate what Iranian media described as “Iran’s victory in the American-Zionist-imposed war.”
The Israeli Air Force continues to carry out strikes in Iran despite the announcement of a ceasefire by President Trump, a security official told the Times of Israel. The IDF previously accused Iran of launching at least two volleys of missiles at Israel after the ceasefire was supposed to take effect.
The two-week ceasefire plan includes allowing both Iran and Oman to charge fees on ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a regional official, who had been directly involved in the negotiations, and who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.
Global oil prices plunged significantly after the announcement of a ceasefire with Iran, with US crude benchmark WTI sinking 14% to $96.7 a barrel, while the international standard Brent dropped 9% to around $95.5. Both, however, remain significantly higher than the $65–$70 range per barrel before the US and Israel started their war with Iran on February 28.
The White House has refused to speculate about what exactly President Trump meant when he called the 10-point Iranian proposal “workable.”
“President Trump’s words speak for themselves: this is a workable basis to negotiate, and those negotiations will continue,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “There are discussions about in person talks, but nothing is final until announced by the President or the White House.”
Israel says it has detected the second volley of missiles launched from Iran in less than an hour after the announced ceasefire between the US and Iran. “Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,” the IDF said, urging residents to seek shelter.
Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif has said that the ceasefire agreement between Iran and the US, along with their allies, includes “Lebanon and elsewhere” and is effective immediately.
“We earnestly hope that the ‘Islamabad Talks’ succeed in achieving sustainable peace,” he added. Sharif welcomed the “sagacious gesture” and extended gratitude to both sides, inviting their delegations to Islamabad on Friday, April 10, 2026, for further negotiations.
The US Department of War has been given the order to cease military offensive operations against Iran effective immediately, NBC and CNN report, citing multiple US officials.
President Trump has accused CNN of spreading “fake news” about the Iranian response to his ceasefire announcement, and threatened to pursue legal action.
“Authorities are looking to determine whether or not a crime was committed on the issuance of the Fake CNN World Statement, or was it a sick rogue player? CNN is being ordered to immediately withdraw this Statement with full apologies for their, as usual, terrible ‘reporting,’” Trump said.
It was unclear which “false statement” Trump meant, but CNN previously cited excerpts from a full statement by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council carried by multiple Iranian media outlets. Trump has insisted that the “Official Statement by Iran” was the brief version by Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi that he reported on Truth Social.
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The IDF has claimed that it “identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel” with the country’s defensive systems now “operating to intercept the threat.”
President Trump has shared on his Truth Social a brief version of Tehran's officials response by Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi.
Iranian media have published a list of 10 conditions they claim the US has “fundamentally committed to”:
- Non-aggression
- Continuation of Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz
- Acceptance of enrichment
- Lifting all primary sanctions
- Lifting all secondary sanctions
- Termination of all UN Security Council resolutions
- Termination of all IAEA Board of Governors resolutions
- Payment of compensation to Iran
- Withdrawal of US combat forces from the region
- Cessation of war on all fronts, including against the heroic Islamic Resistance of Lebanon
However, President Trump has previously insisted that the 10-point proposal is merely a “workable basis” for a final agreement yet to be negotiated.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, speaking on behalf of the Supreme National Security Council, has announced that if attacks against Iran are halted, Iran’s armed forces will cease their defensive operations.
“For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations,” he said.
Araghchi expressed gratitude to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir for their efforts to end the war, adding that the announcement comes in response to a US request for negotiations based on its 15‑point proposal and President Trump’s acceptance of the general framework of Iran’s 10‑point plan as a basis for talks.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has announced that negotiations with the United States will begin on Friday, April 10, in Islamabad, allocating a two‑week period that may be extended by mutual agreement.
The Council declared a “historic and crushing defeat” for the US, claiming Washington has been forced to accept Tehran’s 10‑point plan as the basis for talks.
The plan allegedly includes US commitments to non‑aggression, Iran’s continued control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of uranium enrichment, the lifting of all sanctions, termination of UN Security Council and IAEA resolutions, payment of war reparations, withdrawal of US combat forces from the region, and a halt to the war on all fronts, including against the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon.
The Council stressed that national unity must be preserved and that these negotiations are “an extension of the battlefield.” It warned that if the enemy’s surrender on the battlefield does not translate into a political achievement, “we will fight side by side on the battlefield until all the demands of the Iranian nation are met.”
Israel has agreed to the ceasefire and will also suspend its strikes on Iran for two weeks, according to an unnamed senior White House official cited by Axios reporter Barak Ravid. However, the ceasefire is expected to come into force when Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz, the source added.
President Donald Trump has suspended his looming attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure, announcing a two-week ceasefire to negotiate a long-term peace agreement based on a “workable” 10-point proposal from Tehran.
He described the move as a “double sided CEASEFIRE,” adding that the US has “already met and exceeded all Military objectives.”
The president said Iran’s 10-point proposal offers a “workable basis on which to negotiate,” with most points of past contention already agreed upon.
Trump warned, however, that the Iranian proposal is “not good enough” in its current form, and that he would order devastating new airstrikes if no final deal is reached by the new deadline.
President Trump has announced a two-week suspension of bombing and attacks on Iran, agreeing to a “double sided CEASEFIRE” following requests from Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the suspension is contingent on Iran agreeing to the “COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz.”
Trump added the US has already met and exceeded all military objectives, and that a 10-point proposal from Iran provides a workable basis for negotiating a long-term peace agreement.
US Central Command has released before-and-after images of the Shahid Mahallati Naval Boatyard in Bushehr, claiming the destroyed facility manufactured and repaired small boats used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–Navy.
Vice President J.D. Vance is reportedly serving as the US interlocutor in the ongoing negotiations with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over a potential ceasefire with Iran, according to Pakistani government sources and a source familiar with the matter who spoke to CBS News.
White House Press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that President Trump has been informed of Pakistan’s request for an extension. “The president has been made aware of the proposal, and a response will come,” she said in a statement.
At least four people, including a child, have been injured in Qatar after debris from intercepted missiles fell on a house, according to Qatar’s Interior Ministry.
“The security authorities have begun dealing with an incident resulting from the interception by Qatari air defenses of Iranian missiles, which led to the fall of shrapnel on the home of one of the citizens in the Muraikh area,” the ministry said in a post on X. “The incident resulted in four moderate injuries, including a Qatari child... Limited material damage was also reported at the site.”
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar briefed his Saudi, Egyptian and Turkish counterparts on Islamabad’s latest efforts to promote dialogue and diplomatic engagement for regional peace and stability. According to the Foreign Ministry, Dar spoke separately with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on a series of phone calls.
Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam has called Islamabad’s request for the US to give diplomacy more time a “step forward” from a critical stage, promising to offer more details soon.
“As of now, a step forward from critical, sensitive stage ... In the next stage, respect and comity should be replaced by rethorics and redundancy,” he said in a post on X.
Pope Leo XIV has called threats against Iran “unacceptable,” noting that attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law and urging for a return to the negotiating table.
“Today, as we all know, there has also been this threat against the entire people of Iran. And this is truly unacceptable! There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more, it is a moral question concerning the good of the people as a whole, in its entirety,” said the US-born pontiff, who has publicly criticized the American-Israeli war in the past.
“People want peace,” the pope told journalists in Castel Gandolfo earlier on Tuesday. “I would invite the citizens of all the countries involved to contact the authorities – political leaders, congressmen – to ask them to work for peace.”
President Donald Trump said his administration is still in “heated negotiations” with the Iranian side ahead of his deadline after which he has threatened to wipe out the country’s energy infrastructure potentially resulting in the death of “a whole civilization.”
“I can’t tell you, because right now we’re in heated negotiations,” Trump told Fox News in a brief phone interview, when asked about Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s proposal to give diplomacy more time.
“I can say this – that I know him very well. He’s a highly respected man, all over,” Trump said about Sharif.
An Israeli army spokesperson has issued a warning for residents of the Shabriha area in southern Lebanon’s Tyre, urging them to evacuate their homes immediately.
Israel’s military has issued threats of displacement affecting vast areas of southern Lebanon amid its invasion, resulting in the displacement of over 1 million people.
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.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday asked US President Donald Trump for a two-week extension to a deadline he imposed on Iran to end its blockade of Gulf oil.
In his latest threat, Trump said “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Tehran does not yield to his demands by the cutoff time.
Pakistan has served as the primary intermediary for proposals between the warring powers. There has been no indication of a compromise so far.
“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.
B-52 bombers have been seen taking off from RAF Fairford in the UK, with multiple aircraft spotted fueled and loaded on the tarmac ahead of Trump’s deadline.
A 6-to-7-hour flight from Fairford to Iran would put the lead aircraft in striking range approximately two hours before the 8 PM EST deadline, according to media reports.
UN human rights chief Volker Turk has condemned “the sickening tirade” of rhetoric used in the Middle East war “by all parties,” including Trump’s latest threats to annihilate a whole civilization and to target civilian infrastructure.
Gulf states facing Iranian attacks do not have “limitless” restraint, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani has warned after the UN Security Council failed to adopt a resolution calling on member states to “coordinate efforts” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
”Our countries have exercised considerable restraint and patience in the face of ongoing Iranian aggression, but this restraint cannot be expected to continue without limit,” the foreign minister said.
Iran has pledged to target infrastructure across the Gulf if Trump follows through on his threat to launch broad strikes on Iranian infrastructure tonight.
Trump is bleeding support from some of his most loyal defenders. Alex Jones says he’s sick of “sitting there watching Trump wreck MAGA, wreck the Republicans, wreck the world economy, maybe even wreck the PLANET physically.”
Jones wants a coalition of Republicans and Democrats to pass a war powers resolution to “cut the damn funding to this.”
The US Senate and House of Representatives – both of which are held by Republicans – shot down a war powers resolution last month.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has sent his personal envoy, Jean Arnault, to the Middle East to push for a diplomatic solution to the US-Israeli war on Iran, spokesman Stephane Dujarric has announced.
Guterres “is deeply troubled by statements suggesting that entire civilian populations or civilisations may be made to bear the consequences of political and military decisions,” Dujarric told reporters.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has admitted it carried out a strike on a synagogue in Tehran earlier today. In a statement to the Times of Israel, the IDF said that a military officer in a nearby building was targeted, and that it “regrets the collateral damage to the synagogue.”
Iranian media footage showed members of Tehran’s Jewish community combing through the rubble after an Israeli missile flattened the house of worship.
Iran is home to as many as 20,000 Jews, more than half of them living in Tehran.
In the US, opposition to the war among Democrats has been intensifying – albeit slowly. Support for any war involving Israel is typically strong within both the Democrat and Republican establishment, but several top Democrats have launched scathing condemnations of Trump’s war on Iran.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called Trump “an extremely sick person,” over his threat to wipe out Iranian civilization, referring to the conflict as a “wanton war of choice.” That’s a notable turnaround from last year, when Schumer mocked Trump’s manhood for refusing to strike Tehran at the onset of the 12 Day War between Israel and Iran.
Senator Chris Murphy described Trump’s threat as “pure evil” – the exact same phrase right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson used to describe the war when it began.
Trump’s “verbal attacks against Iranian people are escalating in intensity and violence,” and may amount to “a threat of genocide,” Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard has warned.
"Who/what will stop this escalation which has only victims and losers, in the first place the people of Iran, Lebanon, Israel and the Gulf States?” Callamard asked.
Russia vetoed the UN resolution because it was “not able to support a text that would generate a dangerous precedent for international law,” Moscow’s permanent representative to the organization, Vassily Nebenzia, explained.
Russia called instead for a more “balanced” resolution, taking into account “the illegal and reckless acts by the US and Israel” that brought about the crisis in the first place., he said, adding that “our calls fell on deaf ears.”
The resolution’s call on member states to use force to reopen the strait, and other “confrontational elements,” have not disappeared from the text, Nebenzia pointed out.
Waltz went on to invoke the Bible, claiming that according to “the book I live by…God has provided a way out” for Iran. “Even now, on the heels of Holy Week,” he continued, “Iran can also choose to reverse its decision.” From Pete Hegseth to the military officers telling troops that the war will usher in the Biblical “rapture,” Waltz is the latest senior US official to describe the conflict in messianic terms.
Meanwhile, Trump’s secretary of state claims that Iran is run by “religious fanatic lunatics.”
Trump’s ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, got booed and heckled when he mentioned “President Trump’s peacekeeping.” Delegates watching shouted “war criminal” and “praise be to Allah,” a reference to Trump’s promise to unleash “hell” on Iranian infrastructure later on Tuesday.
At his press conference in Budapest, US Vice President Vance hinted that the US could intensify attacks on Iran if Tehran does not come to terms.
”The president of the United States is a man who recognizes leverage, that if the Iranians want to exact a certain amount of pain, the United States has the ability to exact much, much greater pain,” Vance claimed. “The president doesn’t want to do that. I don’t want to do that. That’s why we’re negotiating so aggressively. But fundamentally, the ball is in the Iranians' court.”
Iran has released French nationals Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris after reaching a deal with France. The couple had been held by Iran since 2022 on espionage charges, which France dismissed as unfounded.
In exchange, France released Mahdieh Esfandiari, who was detained by French authorities for allegedly promoting terrorism on social media. Paris also withdrew a legal complaint against Iran at the International Court of Justice.
The Iraqi group Kataib Hezbollah has announced that it would release US journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was abducted by the Iran-aligned militants in late March in Baghdad.
The group has demanded that the journalist leave Iraq immediately.
Bahrain’s foreign minister has read out a statement on behalf of his country, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan at the UN Security Council.
They “express their regret that the resolution” to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz wasn't adopted.
“We had hoped that the draft resolution would present a step towards a permanent solution that would ensure navigational freedom in the Strait of Hormuz as an national waterway that no country has the right to obstruct… according to international law.”
Iran’s civilization has overcome the “delusions” of its enemies for thousands of years, its first vice president, Mohammad Reza Aref, has said in response to US President Donald Trump’s threats to wipe out the country.
Aref stressed that Iran will not be intimidated by Trump’s “Stone Age rhetoric” and that the country’s response to brutality would be to “stand firm and rely on the internal strength of the Iranian nation.”
China and Russia have vetoed a Bahraini resolution at the UN Security Council that urged member states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. There were 11 votes in favor, while Colombia and Pakistan abstained.
A US assault on Kharg Island would likely result in heavy losses and a logistics nightmare for Washington, former US Army officer Stanislav Krapivnik has told RT, adding that Trump’s generals would likely avoid telling the president the truth about potential casualties.
Krapivnik said that Trump desperately needs a “win” as support for the US-Israeli war on Iran has continued to plummet, and could be pushed to attempt an assault on the strategic island.
Check out RT’s full analysis of what a potential invasion of Kharg Island would look like below.
US lawmakers have condemned Trump’s threat to eliminate “a whole civilization.” Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries called on Congress to “immediately end this reckless war of choice in Iran before Donald Trump plunges us into World War III.”
Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer described Trump as “an extremely sick person” while Congressman Jason Crow stated that the president’s threats is “a war crime” and called on the military to refuse orders.
A draft resolution submitted by the Gulf States to the UN Security Council has been leaked ahead of an upcoming vote to adopt it on Tuesday.
In the document, the countries, which include Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, urge the council to condemn Iran’s attacks on vessels in and near the Strait of Hormuz, reaffirm its commitment to the “sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of all States,” and urge an immediate end to the disruption of global energy supplies.
Iranians formed a ‘human chain’ on the White Bridge in the city of Ahvaz to protect the landmark structure from US-Israeli strikes. Videos from the scene show dozens of people holding a massive Iranian flag stretched out across the bridge, waving national symbols, and displaying signs indicating they are ready to sacrifice themselves for their country.
Tehran has urged people across the country to form similar chains around critical sites such as power plants and bridges, amid mounting US threats.
While most reports have been focused on the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, the IDF has continued operations in the West Bank and Gaza. The Wafa news agency reported on Tuesday that Israeli forces had detained over a dozen Palestinians, including a child, across the West Bank and conducted several raids using military vehicles.
Israeli settlers were also reported to have conducted raids in several towns and vandalized Palestinian property, including a shrine to Prophet Ghaith in the village of Deir Ammar.
At least ten Palestinians were also killed in Israeli airstrikes and fighting between Hamas and an Israel-backed Palestinian militia in central Gaza, local sources have reported.
The death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon has risen to more than 1,530 people, the country’s Health Ministry has reported. Another 4,812 people have been injured in Israeli attacks since March 2, the ministry said.
Israel has struck multiple railways and bridges across Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced in a televised address, claiming that they were being used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Israel had previously issued a warning, telling Iranians that their lives would be at risk if they used the country’s railways on Tuesday.
The IDF said the strikes targeted transport infrastructure in Tehran, Karaj, Tabriz, Kerman, and Qom.
The recent US-Israeli operation in Iran’s central Isfahan province ended in a “major strategic defeat” for the attacking forces, Press TV has claimed, citing what it described as exclusive information.
The report said the failed raid, linked by US officials to a mission to rescue a downed F-15 pilot, was in fact aimed at infiltrating and striking a nuclear facility. An abandoned airstrip near the site had reportedly been selected as a landing zone for C-130 transport aircraft.
Press TV said US and possibly Israeli forces lost multiple aircraft during reconnaissance missions ahead of the planned attack, including at least one A-10 Thunderbolt II and two Black Hawk helicopters.
It added that the operation’s “zero hour” was set during a closed White House meeting overseen by President Donald Trump, and said his recent threats to target Iran’s civilian infrastructure were a “direct consequence” of the reported setback in Isfahan.
Trump has once again exhorted Iran with fresh threats ahead of his Tuesday Strait of Hormuz deadline, warning of catastrophic consequences if no deal is reached.
”A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again… I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” he said on Truth Social, adding the moment could be “one of the most important… in the history of the World.”
His comments come hours before the deadline to reopen the strait, after he signaled potential strikes on bridges, energy and water infrastructure.