00:00U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday,
00:06swerving to de-escalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate,
00:11or else a whole civilization will die.
00:14Trump said he was holding off on his threatened attacks on Iranian bridges, power plants, and other civilian targets,
00:21subject to Tehran agreeing to a two-week ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz,
00:26the waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil is shipped during peacetime.
00:31He also said Iran has proposed a workable 10-point peace plan that could help end the war launched by
00:38the U.S. and Israel in February.
00:41Iran's Supreme National Security Council said it has accepted a two-week ceasefire
00:47and that it would negotiate with the United States in Islamabad beginning Friday.
00:52Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragji said passage through the Strait would be allowed for the next two weeks under Iranian
01:00military management.
01:01It wasn't immediately clear whether that meant Iran would loosen its chokehold on the waterway.
01:06In a post on his social media site, Trump said that he would suspend attacks on Iran for two weeks
01:12provided Tehran agreed
01:14to the complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait.
01:18Even as the ceasefire was announced, missile alerts continued in the United Arab Emirates and Israel early Wednesday,
01:26hinting at the chaos surrounding the diplomatic moves.
01:30Since the war began, Trump has repeatedly backed off deadlines just before they expire.
01:35In doing so again Tuesday, Trump said he had come to the decision based on conversations
01:40with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in general, Asim Munir, Pakistan's powerful army chief.
01:48Sharif, in a post on X Hours earlier, urged Trump to extend his deadline by two weeks to allow diplomacy
01:55to advance.
01:56He used the same post to ask Iran to open the Strait for two weeks.
02:00The President said in his social media post that Iran has presented
02:04a workable basis on which to negotiate.
02:07A workable basis on which to negotiate.
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