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Israel-Iran ceasefire ‘now in effect’
- US President Donald Trump has announced on Truth Social that Israel and Iran have agreed to a "Complete and Total CEASEFIRE", which was set to begin at 12 a.m. ET (5 a.m. BST) Tuesday.
- Vice President JD Vance stated on Fox News that Iranians "don't want to keep fighting" and that Trump's administration "obliterated the Iranian nuclear program" without American casualties.
- Israel’s government confirmed it has agreed to a ceasefire with Iran, while Trump posted online that the ceasefire is “now in effect”.
- The announcement comes after the US struck three Iranian nuclear sites and Iran launched missile strikes on a US base in Qatar.
- Trump had previously suggested support for "regime change" in Iran, but Vance said that the military's mission was to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities, not to effect regime change.