New Delhi: After 39 days of fighting and hostilities, the US and Iran reached a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday night (local time), deciding to negotiate on 10-point proposal tabled by Tehran. US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire on his micro-blogging platform, Truth Social, saying he had accepted a proposal which calls for an immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial maritime route through which 20 per cent of world’s global oil passes, with Iran still controlling it.
Calling it a “big day for world peace”, Trump said “Iran wants it to happen, they’ve had enough! Likewise, so has everyone else!”
“The United States of America will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz. There will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process. We’ll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just “hangin’ around” in order to make sure that everything goes well. I feel confident that it will. Just like we are experiencing in the U.S., this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!!” Trump wrote.
Before “Golden Age”, Trump Had Threatened To Push Iran “Back To Stone Ages”
In the run up to the ceasefire talks, Trump had been threatening to strike Iran’s power plants and bridges. In an address on April 1 (local time), US President had issued a sharp “stone ages” warning.
“Over the next two to three weeks, we are going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong,” he said, adding that US forces would meet all their battlefield goals “very, very shortly.” He also said that the US could target Iran’s electric infrastructure if no agreement is reached.
Iran is not the one to sit quietly. In response, Iran had warned that the war in the Middle East will continue until the US faces “permanent humiliation, regret, and surrender.”
“Expect more crushing and devastating strikes from us in continuation of the severe blows you have already received,” the statement issued by Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said.
