In the space of a drama-filled day, Donald Trump shifted from warning that Iran’s “whole civilisation will die tonight” to announcing it was an “honour to have this Longterm problem close to a resolution”.
Less than two hours before the US president’s deadline for the Islamic republic to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face being bombed back to the “stone ages”, Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire to halt the US and Israel’s war against Iran.
It was conditioned on Tehran agreeing to the immediate reopening of the key waterway, the de facto closure of which had triggered the biggest energy crisis in decades, pushing petrol prices in the US above $4 a gallon and an increasing source of jeopardy for Trump.
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