Two from Singapore's Straits Times, April 8:
Trump agrees to suspend attacks on Iran for 2 weeks; Tehran says talks will begin on April 10
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WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on April 7 said he was suspending the bombing of Iran for two weeks but that Tehran must reopen the key Strait of Hormuz, barely an hour before his apocalyptic deadline to destroy the country was set to expire.
After more than five weeks of blistering attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel, Mr Trump said he had accepted a proposal mediated by Pakistan to extend his deadline but he again pushed on the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway vital for the world’s oil.
Mr Trump said he had spoken to Pakistan’s leaders who “requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran”.
“And subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the complete, immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks,” Mr Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“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 long-term peace with Iran, and peace in the Middle East,” he added.
He said Iran had sent a 10-point plan to the US that he called “workable” for negotiations.
The Islamic republic said in a statement released alongside a list of the 10 points published by state media that the plan would require “continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of enrichment, lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions”.Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the US, Iran and their allies had agreed to a ceasefire “everywhere”, including in Lebanon, following mediation by his government to stop weeks of fighting....
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And the Straits Times liveblog:
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- Iran says safe transit through Strait of Hormuz possible for 2 weeks ‘if attacks halted’
- Tehran says talks with US will begin on Friday in Islamabad.
- Asia stocks soar after US, Iran ceasefire announcement
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