Thank god some sanity has prevailed. Woke up early to check it, David dreading what I would see, but if it works out, it's a 2 week cease fire, an opening of the Straits of Hormuz. Interesting role for Pakistan in brokering the deal, but other forces had to be involved?
The BBC put it like this:
Iran ceasefire deal a partial win for Trump - but at a high cost
"The deal allowed Trump to extricate himself from what was shaping up to be a treacherous choice – either escalating with his promise that a "whole civilisation will die tonight" or backing down and undermining his credibility. The US president may have only bought himself a temporary reprieve, however."
"Whether such a jaw-dropping threat from an American president pressured Iran to agree to the kind of ceasefire they had previously rejected is uncertain. What is clear is that Trump's astounding, inflammatory declaration – just two days after a similar obscenity-laced Truth Social demand – is unlike anything a modern US president has ever levelled or hinted at.
And even if the two-week ceasefire does result in a permanent peace, the Iran war – and Trump's recent words
may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world views the US
