White House:

Trump’s words speak for themselves: this is a workable basis to negotiate.

An FBI intelligence report warned that Iran poses a continuing threat to certain targets in the U.S.

However, the White House, led by Trump, publicly downplayed the risk and said it was not a major concern.

The report says Iran has previously tried to carry out kidnappings and killings, sometimes by luring people to other countries, and could use both physical attacks and cyber methods.

Source: Reuters

Senator Graham:

At this early stage, I am extremely cautious regarding what is fact vs. fiction or misrepresentation.

Israel is still carrying out strikes in Iran, a military spokesperson told CNN.

Trump:

A big day for World Peace! Iran wants it to happen, they’ve had enough! Likewise, so has everyone else!

The United States of America will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz. There will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made.

Iran can start the reconstruction process. We’ll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just “hangin’ around” in order to make sure that everything goes well.

I feel confident that it will. Just like we are experiencing in the U.S., this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!!

Trump called the provisional Iran ceasefire a “total and complete victory,” saying Tehran’s uranium issue would be “perfectly taken care of.”

“One hundred percent. No question about it,” he said, adding he “wouldn’t have settled” otherwise.

Source: AFP

Israel said the Iran ceasefire “doesn’t include” its war in Lebanon against Hezbollah, even as it backs Trump’s pause in strikes.

Netanyahu’s office said it supports suspending attacks on Iran, but only if Tehran “immediately” opens the Strait of Hormuz and halts attacks on the U.S., Israel, and the region.

Trump told AFP he believed China had persuaded Iran to negotiate.

Trump:

No one can believe that Fake News CNN put out a knowingly false and dangerous statement pretending it came from the upper levels of the Iranian Government. It didn’t!

It was totally made up and posted, as a headline, for purpose of, perhaps, inflaming a very delicate situation. It was a new, trouble making site from Nigeria, and CNN just got caught cheating - A very dangerous thing to do!

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Israeli main opposition leader Yair Lapid:

There has never been such a political disaster in all of our history.

Israel wasn’t even at the table when decisions were made about the core of our national security.

Netanyahu failed politically, failed strategically, and did not meet a single goal he set himself.

It will take years to repair the political and strategic damage caused by arrogance, negligence, and a lack of planning.

UAE President MbZ’s Advisor Anwar Gargash:

The UAE triumphed in a war it sincerely sought to avoid.

We prevailed through an epic national defense that safeguarded sovereignty and dignity.

Chairman of Knesset National Security Committee Tzvika Foghel mocks Trump:

Donald, you came out looking like a duck!

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Qatar’s Foreign Ministry:

Iran must compensate Qatar for all damages caused by the Iranian attacks.

Zelensky:

Ukrainian military experts will continue their work in the Middle East.

Trump to Sky News:

You don’t know what the points are. I know what they are.

They’re very good points — and most of them have been fully negotiated.

They’re not the maximalist demands Iran is claiming.

If it isn’t good, we’ll go right back to it very easily.

U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff reacted furiously to Iran’s 10-point proposal, calling it:

“A disaster, a catastrophe.”

What followed was described as a:

“Chaotic” day of amendments.

Pakistan shuttled drafts between the U.S. and Iran, while Egypt and Türkiye tried to bridge gaps.

China also quietly urged Iran to find an off-ramp.

By Monday night, U.S. approval was secured for a revised two-week ceasefire proposal.

Source: Axios

Iran’s Farsi version of its 10-point ceasefire plan includes “acceptance of enrichment” for its nuclear program—a phrase missing from the English version shared with journalists.

The reason for the discrepancy is unclear.

Source: AP

Just hours before Trump’s deadline to launch massive strikes, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei instructed negotiators to move toward a deal for the first time since the war began.

An Israeli official, a regional official, and another source confirmed the shift.

Two sources described Khamenei’s approval as:

“A breakthrough.”

A regional source added:

“Without his green light, there wouldn’t have been a deal.”

Due to assassination threats, Khamenei was communicating via handwritten notes carried by runners.

He was personally involved in decisions Monday and Tuesday.

Araghchi (Iran’s FM) pushed both the negotiations and Revolutionary Guard commanders toward accepting the deal.

Source: Axios