Trump says Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 23, 2025 6:35 PM EDT | Last Updated: 22 minutes ago

U.S. President Donald Trump connected Monday declared the "12 time war" betwixt Israel and Iran arsenic apt ending successful a ceasefire, validating the strategical gamble of U.S. airstrikes this play connected 3 Iranian atomic sites.

"It has been afloat agreed by and betwixt Israel and Iran that determination volition beryllium a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE," Trump posted connected societal media.

Neither Iran's UN mission nor the Israeli Embassy successful Washington instantly responded to abstracted requests for comment.

Hours earlier, 3 Israeli officials had signaled Israel was looking to wrapper up its run in Iran soon and had passed the connection connected to the United States. On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was "very, precise adjacent to completing" its goals.

A senior Iranian authoritative told Reuters that Tehran had agreed to the U.S.-proposed, Qatari-mediated ceasefire.

Trump said the ceasefire would commencement astir midnight ET Monday with Iran and past beryllium joined by Israel 12 hours later, with the extremity of being afloat implemented 12 hours aft that.

The respective sides would "remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL," helium said successful a station connected his Truth Social platform.

If the phased-in ceasefire does, indeed, materialize, the warfare could extremity arsenic soon arsenic Wednesday.

"This is simply a War that could person gone connected for years, and destroyed the full Middle East, but it didn't, and ne'er will!" Trump said.

The announcement came aft Iran fired retaliatory airstrikes against a  U.S. airbase successful Qatar. Local officials said of 19 missiles fired, 1 deed the base, and Trump aboriginal confirmed nary Americans were harmed and "hardly immoderate harm was done."

Trump separately thanked Iran connected societal media for giving the U.S. and allies "early notice" of the retaliation.

The U.S. president expressed anticipation that Tehran had "gotten it each retired of their 'system'" and that the infinitesimal would pb to a de-escalation successful the Israel-Iran war.

"Perhaps Iran tin present proceed to Peace and Harmony successful the Region, and I volition enthusiastically promote Israel to bash the same," helium wrote connected Truth Social.

The Iranian onslaught connected U.S. forces astatine Qatar's Al Udeid airbase marked Tehran's archetypal enactment of nonstop retaliation against the U.S. since Trump ordered strikes connected Iran's atomic facilities this past weekend.