Trump Agrees to Two-Week Ceasefire With Iran; CNN Says Tehran Also Accepts

President Donald Trump said he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran. Foreign media outlets later reported that Iran had also accepted the plan.

In a Truth Social post at about 6:30 p.m. on August 7, Trump said he would suspend bombing and attacks on Iran for two weeks, provided the Islamic Republic agreed to the full, immediate and secure reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. He said the decision followed talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, who had asked him to withhold what he described as destructive military force set to be sent to Iran that night.

Trump described the move as a ceasefire for both sides. He said he made the decision because the US had already achieved and exceeded all of its military objectives and had made substantial progress toward a final agreement on lasting peace with Iran and peace in the Middle East.

He also said the US had received a 10-point proposal from Iran and viewed it as a workable basis for negotiations. Most of the major issues between Washington and Tehran had been resolved, he wrote, and the two-week period would be used to complete and formalize a final deal.

Trump ended the post by saying he was honored, as president of the United States and on behalf of Middle Eastern countries, to announce that a long-running problem was nearing resolution.

That was followed by foreign media reports that Iran had accepted the two-week ceasefire proposal presented by Pakistan. CNN, citing Iranian officials, reported that Iran had accepted the plan and that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had given final approval.

CNN also reported that China had urged Iran to show flexibility and pressed for de-escalation. The outlet said severe shock to the global economy from the destruction of major infrastructure had also influenced the decision.

Earlier, Trump had threatened large-scale bombing of Iranian power plants and bridges if no agreement was reached by 8 p.m. on August 7, or 9 a.m. on August 8 in South Korea. As of that morning, he had written on Truth Social that "an entire civilization will disappear tonight, never to return."

Pakistan, which had acted as a mediator, later urged all sides to observe a two-week ceasefire. Sharif wrote in a post on X at about 3:17 p.m. on August 7 that all parties to the conflict should halt fighting for two weeks to allow negotiations. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Trump was reviewing the proposal, a comment that helped calm markets.

Lee Sang-eun, Washington correspondent