{"id":31059,"date":"2026-04-08T07:19:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31059"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:19:24","slug":"us-president-agrees-to-two-week-ceasefire-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-president-agrees-to-two-week-ceasefire-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"US President agrees to two-week ceasefire with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>United States (US) 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.<\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The announcement on social media was the latest example of Trump backing down from severe threats, after he warned Iran earlier on Tuesday that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight\u201d if his demands were not met.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Trump said the deal was subject to Iran\u2019s agreement to pause its blockade of oil and gas supplies through the strait, which typically handles about one-fifth of global oil shipments.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThis will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Earlier, Pakistan, a mediator between the US and Iran, on Wednesday requested that Trump grant a two-week extension to a deadline he imposed on Iran to end its blockade of Gulf oil.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A Senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran is positively reviewing Pakistan\u2019s request for a two-week ceasefire. The White House said Trump is aware of Pakistan\u2019s proposal, saying a response will come.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cTo allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request 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,\u201d Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a post on X.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15146,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-31059","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Trump said the deal was subject to Iran\u2019s agreement to pause its blockade of oil and gas supplies through the strat.","published_date":"","news_description":"Trump said the deal was subject to Iran\u2019s agreement to pause its blockade of oil and gas supplies through the strat.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31060,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31059\/revisions\/31060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}