Trump says he has agreed to two-week ceasefire with Iran

DUBAI/WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, less than two hours before his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face widespread attacks on its civilian infrastructure.

Iranian state TV flashed an announcement claiming that Trump had accepted Iran’s terms for ending the war, describing it as a “humiliating retreat” by the U.S. president.

Iran said talks between the U.S. and Iran would begin on Friday in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Trump’s announcement on social media represented an abrupt turnaround from earlier in the day, when Trump issued an extraordinary warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if his demands were not met.

Trump said the last-minute deal, negotiated with Pakistan serving as a mediator, was subject to Iran’s agreement to pause its blockade of oil and gas supplies through the strait, which typically handles about one-fifth of global oil shipments.

“This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East.”

Two White House officials confirmed that Israel has also agreed to the two-week ceasefire and to suspend its bombing campaign on Iran. A few minutes after Trump’s announcement, the Israeli military said that it identified missiles launched from Iran towards Israel.

Trump, who has issued a series of threats in recent weeks only to back away, claimed progress between the two sides. He said Iran had presented a 10-point proposal that was a “workable basis” for negotiations and that he expected an agreement to be “finalized and consummated” during the two-week ceasefire.

The abrupt turnaround capped a whirlwind day that was dominated by Trump’s threat to destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran unless Tehran reopened the strait, which unnerved world leaders, rattled global financial and energy markets and drew widespread condemnation, including criticism from the head of the United Nations and Pope Leo.

As the clock ticked down to Trump’s 8 p.m. EDT deadline, U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran intensified, hitting railway and road bridges, an airport and a petrochemical plant. U.S. forces attacked targets on Kharg Island , home to Iran’s main oil export terminal.

In response, Iran declared it would no longer hold back from hitting its Gulf neighbors’ infrastructure and said it had carried out fresh strikes on a ship in the Gulf and a huge Saudi petrochemical complex. Booms were heard in Doha late on Tuesday night, according to a Reuters witness in the Qatari capital.

The war, now in its sixth week, has claimed more than 5,000 lives in nearly a dozen countries, including more than 1,600 civilians in Iran, according to tallies from government sources and human rights groups.

The closure of the strait, through which almost a fifth of the world’s oil supply typically travels, has sharply increased oil prices, escalating the chances of a global economic downturn or even recession.

With the U.S. midterm election campaign ramping up, Trump’s approval ratings have hit their lowest level ever, leaving his Republican Party at risk of losing its grip on Congress. Polls show sizable majorities of Americans opposed to the war and frustrated by the rising cost of gasoline.

迪拜/华盛顿——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周二表示，他已同意与伊朗停火两周。此前不到两小时，特朗普曾要求德黑兰重新开放霍尔木兹海峡，否则将面临对其民用基础设施的大规模袭击。

伊朗国家电视台发布公告称，特朗普已接受伊朗提出的结束战争的条件，并称这是美国总统“屈辱性的退让”。

伊朗方面表示，美伊会谈将于周五在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡举行。

特朗普在社交媒体上的声明与当天早些时候的表态截然相反，当时特朗普发出了非同寻常的警告，称如果他的要求得不到满足，“今晚整个文明将走向灭亡”。

特朗普表示，这项在巴基斯坦斡旋下达成的最后一刻协议，取决于伊朗是否同意暂停封锁霍尔木兹海峡的石油和天然气供应。霍尔木兹海峡通常承担着全球约五分之一的石油运输量。

“这将是一场双向停火！”特朗普在他的“真相社交”平台上写道。“这样做的原因是，我们已经达到甚至超越了所有军事目标，并且在与伊朗达成长期和平协议以及中东和平协议方面取得了重大进展。”

两名白宫官员证实，以色列也同意为期两周的停火，并暂停对伊朗的轰炸行动。特朗普宣布停火几分钟后，以色列军方表示，他们发现了从伊朗向以色列发射的导弹。

特朗普近几周来多次发出威胁，但最终都食言，此次他声称双方取得了进展。他说，伊朗提出了一个包含十点内容的方案，为谈判提供了“可行的基础”，他预计在为期两周的停火期间，双方将“最终敲定并达成协议”。

这一突如其来的转变，为这旋风般的一天画上了句号。当天，特朗普威胁称，除非德黑兰重新开放海峡，否则他将摧毁伊朗境内的每一座桥梁和发电厂。这一威胁令世界各国领导人感到不安，震动了全球金融和能源市场，并招致了广泛的谴责，包括联合国秘书长和教皇利奥的批评。

随着特朗普设定的美国东部时间晚上8点最后期限临近，美国和以色列对伊朗的空袭愈演愈烈，袭击目标包括铁路和公路桥梁、一座机场和一家石化厂。美军还袭击了哈尔克岛上的目标，该岛是伊朗主要的石油出口码头所在地。

作为回应，伊朗宣布将不再克制，继续打击海湾邻国的基础设施，并称已对海湾内的一艘船只和沙特阿拉伯的一处大型石化设施发动了新的袭击。据路透社驻卡塔尔首都多哈的一名目击者称，周二晚间多哈传出巨响。

这场战争已经持续了六周，据政府消息人士和人权组织统计，已在近十几个国家造成 5000 多人丧生，其中包括伊朗 1600 多名平民。

海峡的关闭导致全球近五分之一的石油供应通常要经过这里，这使得油价大幅上涨，加剧了全球经济衰退甚至萧条的可能性。

随着美国中期选举竞选活动升温，特朗普的支持率跌至历史新低，这使得共和党面临失去国会控制权的风险。民调显示，绝大多数美国民众反对战争，并对不断上涨的汽油价格感到不满。