BREAKING: Trump Announces Ceasefire Agreement With Iran

President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. and Iran are in the final stages of negotiating that a ceasefire agreement that would pause the conflict and open the vital Strait of Hormuz while a longer agreement is discussed. The announcement comes just an hour ahead of the president’s 8 p.m. Eastern Time deadline, after which he vowed to launch sweeping attacks on Iranian infrastructure. “Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks,” Trump annou