Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto:

Madness seems to have gripped the world.

Even Hiroshima and Nagasaki were considered acceptable… we have learned nothing.

I don’t even want to say the word (nuclear).

A senior Gulf official says allies are completely in the dark on Trump’s plans.

“We have no idea what Trump is thinking.”

Source: Politico

NEW: IDF says attacks on Israel could increase in the coming hours as Trump's deadline approaches.

BREAKING: A senior Iranian official says Tehran is positively considering Pakistan’s request for a two-week ceasefire.

Source: Reuters

Trump on Pakistan’s 2-week deadline extension request:

“I'm not yet fully briefed. I can say this — I know him very well. He’s a highly respected man, all over.”

Press Secretary Leavitt said, “The President has been made aware of the proposal, and a response will come.

Source: Fox News

Trump says it would be “totally illegal” for Iran to use civilians as human shields around power plants.

“They’re not allowed to do that.”

Source: NBC

U.S.-Israeli airstrikes reported on Iran's Arak aluminum plant and the Fajr Petrochemical Complex in Mahshahr.

A regional source says “some good news” may come soon, with a deal possibly closing tonight, driven directly by Pakistan’s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir.

Source: CNN

NOW: We’re only two hours away from Trump’s Iran deadline.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif is negotiating a ceasefire with Iran.

JD Vance is acting as the U.S. intermediary.

Source: CBS News

BREAKING: Trump:

I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.

This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE! The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East.

We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate.

Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated.

On behalf of the United States of America, as President, and also representing the Countries of the Middle East, it is an Honor to have this Longterm problem close to resolution.

NOW: Oil prices plunge.

BREAKING: Israel says Iran fired missiles on its territory now, following Trump's ceasefire post.

These are reportedly Iran’s terms that Trump accepted to “negotiate.”

BREAKING: Israel has agreed to join the 2-week ceasefire, according to a senior White House official.

Israel will pause its bombing campaign while negotiations continue.

Source: CNN

Iranian TV:

Trump has accepted Iran’s conditions for ending the war, and a two-week ceasefire has thus been declared.

Iran's Tasnim:

Trump has retreated.

Israel does not like this framework — to put it mildly — but Trump is calling the shots.

Source: Yaron Avraham, N12

Trump now calls Iran the “Islamic Republic of Iran.”

Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei approved Pakistan’s 2-week ceasefire proposal, after intense diplomacy and last-minute pressure from China.

Source: NYT