Iranian retaliation, sudden ceasefire and nuclear issues in the Middle East

Iranian retaliation, sudden ceasefire and nuclear issues in the Middle East

In the last 48 hours, the Middle East experienced an unprecedented US-Affairs with the strongest conventional weapons, followed From an Iranian retaliation to the largest US air base in the region and an apparent ceasefire Is supposed to end hostility between Iran and Israel and kept the world in tension.

With the light of the day, the people in the region and beyond came with hope that what US President Donald Trump called the "12-day war" could possibly come to an end.

The announcement of the ceasefire

The US President announced the ceasefire on Monday evening in Washington. "It was fully agreed that there will be a complete and total ceasefire between Israel and Iran," wrote Trump in a contribution to social media.

"I would like to congratulate both countries, Israel and Iran, on their perseverance, courage and intelligence, to end these what should be called the ’12-day war," he added.

Trump explained that the ceasefire would be implemented gradually: First Iran would stop his attacks on Israel, then Israel would stop his attacks on Iran 12 hours later. However, the exact time of these events remains unclear.

the course of the negotiations

Israel agreed to the ceasefire on the condition that Iran hires its attacks in the Israeli area, which accepted the Iranian side, a high -ranking employee of the White House compared to Cnn.

During the negotiations, Trump communicated directly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while Vice President JD Vance, Foreign Minister and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff outsourced the conditions for direct and indirect channels with the Iranians.

The Qatarian Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al-Thani was able to secure Iran's consent on Monday, so that Trump was finally able to announce the ceasefire on social media.

In a later social media contribution, Trump mentioned that both Israel and Iran had come to him in order to achieve a ceasefire. However, Iranian state media reported that Trump searched for the ceasefire "in a pleading tone" after the attack on the US air base in Qatar.

It remains to be seen whether the ceasefire will have existed. At the same time to the planned end of Iranian attacks under Trump's schedule, Iranian rockets of Israel met, with at least five civilians being killed, according to Israeli authorities.

Iran attacks the greatest US base

just a few hours before Trump's announcement of the ceasefire, the Iran fired about a dozen short and medium-range missiles to the Al udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest US military installation in the Middle East.