How and on what terms did the US and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire ‘at Pakistan’s request’?
It was the
night between Tuesday and Wednesday. Pakistan’s clocks were showing 3:32 PM,
the US capital Washington was 6:32 PM and Iran was at 2:22 AM.
There was
only one hour and 28 minutes left before the deadline given to Iran by US
President Donald Trump expired. He had threatened that ‘tonight the entire
civilization will end.’
Trump had
repeatedly demanded that Iran open the Strait of Hormuz and had threatened to
push it ‘back to the Stone Age’.
While the
latest threat to completely destroy Iranian civilization had given rise to many
terrifying speculations. Everyone was thinking that the US was going to take
some very horrible and destructive step.
The world
was waiting for the time to come when at 3:32 PM Pakistani time, a post was
made from the US President’s social media platform Truth Social.
This post
announced a two-week conditional ceasefire.
Donald Trump
wrote: “Based on my conversations with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif
and Field Marshal Asim Munir, I am suspending bombing and attacks on Iran for a
period of two weeks.”
The US
President’s post also made it clear that this ceasefire would be bilateral.
Donald Trump
said that the Prime Minister and Field Marshal of Pakistan asked him not to
attack Iran tonight, on the condition that Iran agree to immediately open the
Strait of Hormuz.
In a post on
Truth Social, Trump said that the reason for suspending the war is that we have
already achieved all military objectives and are very far along in a final
agreement with Iran regarding long-term peace and peace in the Middle East.
In the post,
Donald Trump said that he had received a 10-point proposal from Iran and that
he believed it provided a workable basis for negotiations.
The US
President also said that ‘the United States and Iran have reached an agreement
on almost all the different points of the past conflicts, but this two-week
period will help finalize the agreement and implement it.’
Israel, a
country involved in the conflict, has supported US President Trump’s
conditional decision to suspend attacks for two weeks, but has also said that
the ceasefire will not apply to Lebanon.
The
statement issued by Israel said: ‘Israel supports US efforts to ensure that
Iran can no longer pose a nuclear, missile and terrorist threat to the United
States, Israel, its Arab neighbors and the world.’
According to
the statement, the US has told Israel that efforts will be made to achieve
these common goals during the negotiations.
15-day
talks between US and Iran to begin in Pakistan on Friday
Pakistani
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US President Donald Trump, Photo Source AFP
via Getty
Pakistan has
invited the negotiating teams to Islamabad on Friday following the ceasefire
agreement between the US and Iran. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wrote in his
message on X that he looks forward to sharing more good news in the coming
days.
Shehbaz
Sharif wrote in his message that ‘With utmost humility, I am happy to announce
that Iran and the United States, along with their allies everywhere, including
Lebanon, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire.’
He said, ‘I
warmly welcome this wise decision and thank the leadership of both countries. I
also invite their negotiating teams to visit Islamabad on Friday, April 10,
2026, for further talks to resolve all disputes.
He said that
‘both sides have shown extraordinary insight and understanding and have been
constructively engaged in advancing the cause of peace and stability.’
Shehbaz
Sharif said that ‘we are hopeful that the ‘Islamabad talks’ will succeed in
establishing lasting peace and we will be more prosperous in the coming days.
Iran’s
Supreme National Security Council has said in its latest statement that in the
past forty days, the resistance of the Iranian people and armed forces has
forced the enemy to retreat, and most of the goals of the war have been
achieved.
According to
the statement, Iran had decided from the beginning that the war would continue
until the enemy is driven to a state of regret and despair and the long-term
threats against the country are eliminated.
The
statement said that Iran has rejected several deadlines given by the US
President and made it clear that no delay from the enemy is given any importance.
According to
the Supreme National Security Council, now that Iran has the upper hand on the
battlefield, and the US has accepted most of its demands, it has been decided
that the talks will be held in Islamabad on Friday in order to consolidate the
achievements made in the war at the political level. According to the
statement, the talks will last for a maximum of 15 days and this period can be
extended if necessary.
What is
Iran’s 10-point agenda on which the US agreed to the talks?
According to
the Iranian state broadcaster, the points on which the US is negotiating are
part of the 10-point plan presented by Iran. These points include ending the
ongoing wars in the region and important political and economic guarantees for
Iran.
Key
points of Iran’s 10-point plan:
A complete
end to the war in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.
A complete
and permanent end to the war against Iran, without any time limit.
An end to
all conflicts throughout the region.
Reopening
the Strait of Hormuz.
Establishing
protocols and conditions for safe and free navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Full
compensation for Iran’s reconstruction costs.
Complete
lifting of all sanctions on Iran.
Immediate
release of frozen Iranian assets and funds in the United States.
Full
assurance that Iran will not acquire nuclear weapons.
Immediate
ceasefire on all fronts upon acceptance of the above conditions.
These points
are part of the framework that the US President also described on the Truth
Social Post as a ‘workable basis for negotiations’.
Pakistan’s
Efforts
Pakistani
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif says he had a warm and meaningful conversation
with Iranian President Masoud Peshmerga this afternoon.
In a
statement on X, the Pakistani Prime Minister said, “I appreciated the wisdom
and foresight of the Iranian leadership in accepting Pakistan’s offer to host
peace talks in Islamabad this week, so that we can work together to restore
peace in the region.”
“President
Peshmerga affirmed Iran’s participation in the upcoming talks and appreciated
Pakistan’s efforts and expressed his best wishes to the Pakistani people.”
The
Pakistani Prime Minister says that Pakistan is committed to continuing close
cooperation with all its friendly countries and partners to promote peace and
stability in the region and beyond.
Earlier,
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif appealed to all parties to observe a
two-week ceasefire everywhere so that diplomacy can reach a final end to the
war, which is essential for lasting peace and stability in the region.
In his message
on X, he said, “In order to allow diplomacy to complete its course, I sincerely
request President Trump to extend the deadline by two weeks.”
He further
wrote that “Pakistan sincerely requests its Iranian brothers to open the Strait
of Hormuz for two weeks as a matter of good faith.”
Following
this appeal, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moqadam confirmed the
progress in this regard, saying, “Currently, the situation has moved one step
beyond a very delicate and sensitive stage.”
Reza Amiri suggested
that “in the next stage, it is necessary to prioritize respect and mutual
courtesy and replace rhetoric and unnecessary repetition with seriousness.”
He wrote on
the social media site X that “Pakistan’s positive and fruitful good faith
efforts to prevent war are entering a very important and sensitive stage.”
After the
ceasefire, Pakistan invited the US and Iran to a 10-point agenda in Islamabad
on Friday. Invited for the negotiation process.
‘Heartfelt
thanks to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir’
Prime
Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Field Marshal Asim Munir and US Secretary of State
Marco Rubio, photo source
And then
Iran officially announced the opening of the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks.
An official
statement was issued by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, which Donald
Trump also shared on his Twitter.
In his
statement, Abbas Araqchi said: ‘On behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, I
would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to our esteemed brothers, Prime
Minister Shahbaz Sharif of Pakistan and Field Marshal Asim Munir, who have made
tireless efforts to end the war in the region.’
He wrote
that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif made a fraternal request ex post and the
United States requested negotiations with 15-point proposals, along with the US
President announcing that he accepts Iran’s 10-point proposals as the basis for
negotiations.
Abbas
Araqchi wrote: ‘In view of this, I formally announce on behalf of the Supreme
National Security Council of Iran that if attacks against Iran are stopped, our
armed forces will cease their defensive operations.’
The Iranian
Foreign Minister said that it will be possible to pass through the Strait of
Hormuz for two weeks, however, this will require mutual communication with the
Iranian army.
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