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Trump announces Israel and Iran agree to ceasefire

Trump announces Israel and Iran agree to ceasefire
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Updated: 5:54 PM CDT Jun 23, 2025
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Trump announces Israel and Iran agree to ceasefire
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Updated: 5:54 PM CDT Jun 23, 2025
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President Donald Trump says Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire after Iran retaliated against the United States for its strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.Trump in a social media post said "CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE."This comes after he expressed hope for Iran to proceed to "Peace and Harmony" following retaliatory strikes on American forces overseas. Video footage shows missiles intercepted by Qatar over Doha, where a large U.S. airbase is home to about 10,000 troops. Iranian officials confirmed the strikes, calling them "a mighty and successful response" to "America's aggression" and a direct retaliation to the strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend, ordered by Trump.Trump stated that hardly any damage was done and no Americans were hurt after Iran's strikes, describing their response as "very weak" and noting that they gave the U.S. an early warning. Iran claimed its missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar matched the number of bombs the U.S. dropped on its nuclear sites over the weekend, which some see as a sign they want to de-escalate. The attack followed Qatar's closure of its airspace amid Iranian threats.Trump defended the United States' weekend strikes amid questions of their effectiveness, stating, "The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it." Experts said if the U.S. planned to take that action, it should have gone through Congress first.John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said, "To be at war requires an act of Congress, and that's kind of the problem. Congress was not consulted, which makes the action sort of illegal."The Trump administration has previously stated that the U.S. is not at war with Iran, with Vice President JD Vance saying instead that the U.S. is "at war" with Iran's nuclear program.

President Donald Trump says Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire after Iran retaliated against the United States for its strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.

Trump in a social media post said "CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE."

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This comes after he expressed hope for Iran to proceed to "Peace and Harmony" following retaliatory strikes on American forces overseas. Video footage shows missiles intercepted by Qatar over Doha, where a large U.S. airbase is home to about 10,000 troops. Iranian officials confirmed the strikes, calling them "a mighty and successful response" to "America's aggression" and a direct retaliation to the strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend, ordered by Trump.

Trump stated that hardly any damage was done and no Americans were hurt after Iran's strikes, describing their response as "very weak" and noting that they gave the U.S. an early warning. Iran claimed its missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar matched the number of bombs the U.S. dropped on its nuclear sites over the weekend, which some see as a sign they want to de-escalate. The attack followed Qatar's closure of its airspace amid Iranian threats.

Trump defended the United States' weekend strikes amid questions of their effectiveness, stating, "The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it."

Experts said if the U.S. planned to take that action, it should have gone through Congress first.

John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said, "To be at war requires an act of Congress, and that's kind of the problem. Congress was not consulted, which makes the action sort of illegal."

The Trump administration has previously stated that the U.S. is not at war with Iran, with Vice President JD Vance saying instead that the U.S. is "at war" with Iran's nuclear program.