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Donald Trump extends the ceasefire against Iran indefinitely

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By Evaristo Lara

With the aim that the authorities of the Islamic Republic can agree to sign an agreement where they commit to not enriching uranium to manufacture nuclear weapons and thus end the war with the United States, President Donald Trump announced the indefinite extension of the ceasefire.

“Given that Iran’s government is seriously divided, which is not surprising, and at the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, “We have been asked to suspend our attack on Iran until its leaders and representatives can present a unified proposal,” he wrote. Trump.

However, the president of Seventy 9 years made it clear that the US navy will continue to block the exit and entry of Iranian vessels or those related to said government.

I have ordered our Armed Forces to continue the blockade and, in all other aspects, that they remain prepared and trained, and therefore, I will extend the ceasefire until their proposal is presented and the talks are concluded, one way or another,” he emphasized.

Trump refuses to recognize the position taken by the Iranian authorities of rejecting most of his demands to sign an agreement and end the war. (Credit: Alex Brandon / AP)

Hours before this announcement, Iranian state media had reported that the government of the Islamic Republic was still not making a decision on whether or not to participate in a new round of negotiations with the United States.

In fact, Since Monday night, Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf, president of the Iranian Parliament, had anticipated that the attempt at dialogue was ruled out.since the trust placed in the United States had practically vanished.

“We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats, and in the last two weeks we have prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield,” he wrote on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter.

An official quoted by the television network cnn Under the condition of keeping his identity confidential, he assured that, after Trump’s message, Vice President James David Vance’s scheduled trip to Pakistan to re-negotiate with Iranian diplomacy has been cancelled. waiting to define a new date, which is now up in the air.

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