Overview
- Trump said Tuesday he will halt planned U.S. strikes for two weeks if Iran fully reopens the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a bilateral ceasefire on Truth Social.
- Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif pushed for a two-week window and urged safe passage through the strait, and Trump credited that outreach in his announcement.
- Before the pause, reports detailed strikes on bridges, rail lines, petrochemical sites, and Tehran’s Sharif University that drew warnings from the U.N. and the pope about civilian harm.
- Argentina’s government reaffirmed a strategic alliance with the United States, designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group, and declared Iran’s chargé d’affaires persona non grata.
- Security in Buenos Aires tightened, with city and federal police assigned to guard the U.S., Israeli, and Iranian embassies as tensions rose over the strait and ceasefire terms.