BURSTTrump Agrees to Further Negotiations with Iran While Declaring Ceasefire ‘Over’
US President Donald Trump confirmed that Washington has agreed to an Iranian request to continue negotiations, even as he explicitly declared the three-week-old ceasefire between the two nations “over.” The statement follows a renewed exchange of military strikes, including alleged Iranian attacks on US assets and a Qatari LNG tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the apparent breakdown of the interim peace agreement initially signed in Switzerland, diplomatic efforts are continuing, with a Qatari mediation delegation arriving in Tehran and regional leaders calling for a return to the negotiating table to prevent a full-scale regional war.