Despite saying on numerous occasions that he was not going to give an extension to Iran, this April 21 the president Donald Trump announced an indefinite truce in the Middle Eastern country to allow time for negotiations and end the war that started in February of this year.
Through a message on his Truth Social network, Donald Trump announced that he is going to extend the ceasefire in Iran until they present “a proposal and conclude negotiations, regardless of the outcome“.
The reasons why Trump made the decision for the indefinite truce, According to the president himself, they were at the request of Pakistan.
The country serves as a mediator in negotiations between the US and Iran. Specifically, the head of the Army, Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharifthey would have called for a truce, in addition to maintaining good relations since Washington mediated the war between Pakistan and India.
Trump’s announcement came after the uncertainty generated by the situation with Iran, since next Wednesday April 22 was the last day that the president had imposed for the first ceasefire with the Middle Eastern country.
Concern spread further when it became known that US Vice President JD VanceI had planned to travel this Tuesday, April 21 to Iran to continue with the second round of negotiations.
But Vance later announced that the trip had been canceled after It was learned that Tehran did not commit to participating in the negotiations.
This led to an emergency meeting at the White House, where Donald Trump met with Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to address the situation with Iran.
They also participated in the emergency meeting White House special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
It will not be extended
The announcement of the indefinite truce with Iran caused surprise because Trump declared on several occasions that he was not going to extend the ceasefire.
In fact, this same April 21, Trump said, in an interview for CNBC, that He was not going to extend the truce with Iran.
“I don’t want to do that. We don’t have that much time“Trump said, but assured that “Iran can put itself in a very strong position if they reach an agreement.”
The president stated that, in the event that the negotiations If they did not reach an agreement, it was going to continue bombing the Islamic Republic.