Trump says Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire

World Tuesday 24/June/2025 08:30 AM
By: DW
Trump says Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire

US President Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran to be phased in over 24 hours. The ceasefire would start with Iran and then be joined by Israel 12 hours later, according to the announcement.

What you need to know

Donald Trump announced a "complete and total ceasefire" between Israel and Iran that would end the "12 day war" between the countries, though neither the Israeli nor the Iranian government commented on the accord at the time of announcement.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi later posted to X that no "agreement" had been reached on a ceasefire with Israel at this time.