Trump Announces Complete and Total Ceasefire Between Israel and Iran, Declaring an End to the 12-Day War
On the evening of June 23, 2025, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Israel and Iran had fully agreed to a complete and total ceasefire, and that the 12-day war between them would be considered ended. The White House's official account promptly reposted the announcement. Trump posted at 6:02 p.m. Eastern time from the White House in Washington, D.C., a day before departing for the NATO summit in the Netherlands.
Under the timetable Trump laid out, the ceasefire would begin in approximately six hours, once Israel and Iran had wound down and completed their final missions then in progress: Iran would start the ceasefire first, Israel would join 12 hours later, and each side would remain peaceful and respectful toward the other during those 24 hours, at which point the war would be considered officially ended. "CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE," Trump wrote. He called the conflict "THE 12 DAY WAR" and congratulated both countries on having the stamina, courage, and intelligence to end it.
According to a senior White House official's account to reporters, Trump communicated directly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure the ceasefire, and Israel agreed on the condition that Iran launch no further attacks; Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, secured Tehran's agreement in a call with Iranian officials. White House officials also said Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and special envoy Steve Witkoff had played roles in negotiating the ceasefire.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi then posted that, as of that moment, there was no "agreement" on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations between Iran and Israel. He added, however, that if Israel stopped its illegal aggression by 4 a.m. Tehran time, Iran had no intention of continuing its response afterward, and that a final decision on Iran's military operations would be made later. At the time of Trump's announcement, Israel had not yet publicly confirmed the arrangement.
The announcement came two days after U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21. Israel and Iran had traded missile and drone strikes since Israel's June 13 attack on Iran, and the U.S. strikes had brought the United States directly into the conflict; in his announcement, Trump presented the ceasefire arrangement as the product of diplomacy following the strikes.
(Source: The White House)
Source: The White House
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Photo: 图：2025年6月21日，特朗普与国家安全团队在白宫战情室开会，画面右侧为国务卿 Marco Rubio。白宫官方照片，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: President Trump meets with his national security team in the White House Situation Room on June 21, 2025, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at right. Official White House photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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