The two-week ceasefire in the Iran War is already on shaky ground.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who helped broker the deal, released a statement on X begging multiple parties to actually adhere to the agreement. Iran reportedly struck Israel minutes after President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire Tuesday night and continued to target the United Arab Emirates. Iran, meanwhile, has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire by continuing its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Despite the seeming continued chaos, the Trump administration contends that they’ve achieved a “historic and overwhelming victory” in the war with Iran and has suggested the war is over.
White House Correspondent Reagan Reese asked Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during a Wednesday morning Pentagon briefing if Trump really intended to wipe out Iran’s “civilization” if they did not reach a deal before the deadline. Hegseth said the president was referring to critical infrastructure, adding, “They can’t defend it, and so Iran ultimately understood their ability, their future to produce, to generate power, to fuel their terrorist regime was in our hands, was in President Trump’s hands. That’s why they came to the table.”
Iran claims that the U.S. backed down by agreeing to a ceasefire and promising to start negotiations from Iran’s 10-point peace plan.
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