President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he is extending a ceasefire with Iran, citing what he said are fractures in the Iranian regime, while he said a U.S. military blockade of the country will continue.
“Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Trump added he told the U.S. military to extend its more than one-week-long naval blockade of Iranian ports and “in all other respects, remain ready and able.”
The president “will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other,” he wrote.