On this screenshot from a video, missiles and air protection interceptors illuminate the evening sky over Doha after Iran launched an assault on U.S. forces at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday.
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President Trump says Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, a improvement that comes solely hours after Iran fired missiles at a U.S. base in Qatar in response to the American assault on Iranian nuclear amenities over the weekend.
Trump’s announcement on Monday was not instantly verified or matched by officers in Israel or Iran. However in an announcement on social media, the president stated the 2 sides had agreed to a staggered ceasefire course of that he stated may result in an finish to the conflict between them.
“It has been absolutely agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there can be a Full and Complete CEASEFIRE (in roughly 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and accomplished their in progress, ultimate missions!), for 12 hours, at which level the Battle can be thought of, ENDED! Formally, Iran will begin the CEASEFIRE and, upon the twelfth Hour, Israel will begin the CEASEFIRE and, upon the twenty fourth Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR can be saluted by the World,” Trump wrote.
Vice President JD Vance, in an interview with Fox Information’ Bret Baier moments after Trump’s publish, stated the president desires to work on a “long-term settlement” between Iran and Israel.
“I believe the Iranians are at a spot the place they do not wish to carry on preventing,” Vance stated within the interview.
“What the Iranians have confirmed by means of their assist of terror networks, by means of their now-failed effort to construct a nuclear weapon, is that they are simply not superb at conflict. And I believe the president actually hit the reset button and stated, ‘Look, let’s really produce long-term peace for the area,” he stated.
Requested whether or not the Trump administration is aware of the place Iran’s extremely enriched uranium is situated now, Vance skirted the query.
“Properly, Brett, I believe that is really not the query earlier than us. The query earlier than us is, Can Iran enrich the uranium to weapons grade stage, and might they convert that gas to a nuclear weapon?”
Earlier Monday, Iran’s state-run information company Tasnim stated that Tehran launched missile assaults on U.S. bases in Qatar and Iraq. Al Jazeera, primarily based in Qatar, reported recognizing missiles within the skies over the Gulf emirate, which is dwelling to the usairbase of Al Udeid, U.S. Central Command’s ahead headquarters within the Center East.
