President Donald Trump announced an end to the ceasefire with Iran, according to reports. The announcement is the first on-record confirmation of the policy shift, following earlier reports that a US official said Trump had ordered the escalation.
President Donald Trump confirmed an end to the ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday afternoon, marking the first on-record statement from Trump himself on the policy shift. The announcement, delivered via a broadcast, follows a day of escalating rhetoric and conflicting signals from the president.
The confirmation came after a series of earlier statements from Trump on Wednesday morning. At 11:09 Jerusalem time, Trump made a series of declarations, first saying the ceasefire was over and the memorandum of understanding canceled, then calling Iranians 'scum,' 'cuckoo,' and 'evil,' and claiming he appears on Iranian assassination lists. By 14:42 Jerusalem, a senior US official told NPR that Trump had ordered an end to the ceasefire and directed American forces to escalate significantly — a report covered by The Zioneer. The president's afternoon broadcast now serves as the first on-record confirmation of that order.
The ceasefire had been in place since early June, with Trump declaring the war with Iran finished on June 12 and claiming a deal that would allow Iran to resume oil exports, as The Zioneer reported. On June 10, following an Apache helicopter incident, Trump threatened 'very heavy' strikes but later appeared to walk back the rhetoric. The thread of statements Wednesday shows a progression from indirect warnings to direct confirmation.
Details of the next steps remain unclear. It is not yet known whether the US will immediately launch strikes or what Iran's response will be, and the announcement did not specify the status of ongoing negotiations.
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